Πτόρθους καὶ κλῶνας

Notes

1. = Timaeus, Platonic Lexicon 1001b6, and Photius pi1483 Theodoridis; cf. ps.-Didymus On doubtful readings in Plato 251, Hesychius pi4243. As Naber argued, almost certainly (pace Adler -- see below) from commentary on Plato, Protagoras 334B, where the two accusative-case nouns of the headword phrase occur in close proximity. If it seems odd that the usage of Plato, Attic writer par excellence, is being contrasted with that of Attic writers, ps.-Didymus makes it clear that the contrast is between the genuine Attic language of Plato and the Atticizing efforts of latter-day writers. Ps.-Didymus also reads a)kre/monas ('boughs') where the Suda and the other lexica have pre/mna. The latter is probably a corruption of a)kre/monas since pre/mna can mean 'stem' in some contexts, but it is more frequently used in the sense of 'trunk'. Adler (who does not cite Timaeus) focuses instead on commentary to Homer, Odyssey 6.128, where the word pto/rqon (accusative singular) occurs. This is probably the source of Synagoge pi767 and Hesychius pi3029 and pi4241, but not of the present entry.