Ὤκιμον
basil
Translated by Stacie Raucci14 Apr 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] tree [of that name].
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὤκιμον· δένδρον.
Betacode
*)/wkimon: de/ndron.
Notes
- The classification is clumsy -- we could have expected 'a plant' -- but recognizable, for the herb whose Latin name is Ocimum basilicum. It is mentioned in Attic Middle Comedy (Eubulus); by Theophrastus; and in medical writers (Galen et al.).
References
LSJ s.v. (web address 1)
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 11 Sep 2023
- cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- removed link, added keyword — Catharine Roth
- modified translation, notes, keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Stacie Raucci