Φηγός
tree, oak
Translated by Catharine Roth23 Jun 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning a] dru=s ; or a pine.
"There were very tall trees, a beech(?) and a fir, oaks and lindens."1
"There were very tall trees, a beech(?) and a fir, oaks and lindens."1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φηγός· δρῦς· ἢ πεύκη. ἦν δὲ δένδρα ὑπερμεγέθη, φηγὸς καὶ ἐλάτη, δρύες τε καὶ φίλυρα.
Betacode
*fhgo/s: dru=s: h)\ peu/kh. h)=n de\ de/ndra u(permege/qh, fhgo\s kai\ e)la/th, dru/es te kai\ fi/lura.
Notes (1)
- cf. already phi 258
According to LSJ,fhgo/s is the Valonia oak, Quercus aegilops. The Greekfhgo/s (Doricfago/s ) is cognate with Latin fagus and English "beech"; also with the verbfagei=n "to eat", implying that it must have been a kind of tree with edible nuts. It has been claimed that the name was transferred from beech to oak because beeches did not occur in southern Greece (see Wikipedia at web address 1). - 1Quotation unidentifiable. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 en.wikipedia.org
Linked from2 entries
- φ258Φήγινοςbeech-wood[Meaning of] oak-wood. In the Epigrams: "beech-wood mixing bowl."
- φ478Φθάσειεmight outstrip[Meaning he/she/it] might do before [someone else]. "You you know that some who have stripped themselves in the tax offices or been altogether persuaded in the noontime of their lives by some single misfortune are…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 26 Jan 2023
- expanded note, added a link — Catharine Roth
- x-ref; tweaking — David Whitehead
- augmented note — Catharine Roth
- tweaked translation; added a note — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth