Ὀπωροφυλάκιον
garden-watcher's hut
Translated by Catharine Roth5 Feb 2010Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] that which guards the fruits.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὀπωροφυλάκιον· τὸ τὰς ὀπώρας φυλάττον.
Betacode
*)opwrofula/kion: to\ ta\s o)pw/ras fula/tton.
Notes
- Similarly in other lexica, e.g. Hesychius omicron1084.
The headword occurs in the Septuagint (e.g. Psalms 78.1, Isaiah 1.8) and in Christian writers commenting on it.
Linked from3 entries
- ο1Ὄαoa, service-treeA kind of tree producing fruits on the upper branches, resembling small apples. [Its] fruit [is] h( o)/a.
- ο481ὈπώραfruitAlso [sc. attested is the related adjective] o)pwri/mwn. "He cut down the royal/imperial gardens, which were very full of fruit trees." Note that those who eat a lot of fruit over time are harmed: see the treatment [sc.…
- ο484Ὀπωρώνηςfruit-merchant[Meaning] one who sells and buys fruits. "Someone snatched an apple as he went by, but [that] the fruit-merchant seized and held him because of the money [...]."
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