α4713Ἀχράς
achras, wild pear
A type of pear. Aristophanes [writes]: "some wild pear must be obstructing [the passage of] my food. -- Is it the one Thrasyboulos talked about to the Lakonians?" The wild pear is blocking the stomach. This Thrasyboulos…
Ἀχράς· εἶδος ἀπίου. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀχράς τις ἐγκλείσασ' ἔχει τὰ σιτία. μῶν ἣν Θρασύβουλος εἶπε τοῖς Λακωνικοῖς; ἡ ἀχρὰς ἐπέχει τὴν γαστέρα. οὗτος δὲ ὁ Θρασύβουλος ἀντιλέγειν μέλλων…