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279
Ἄγνος
chaste-tree, withy
LSJ entry at web address 1. [1] From
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon; likewise in Photius (alpha210 Theodoridis) and elsewhere; cf. alpha 280, lambda 780. [2] So too the scholia to Plato, Phaedrus 230B.
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Ἀποτεθρίακεν
has unpetalled
… Haven 1975) 118, #37. [2] (cf. tau 237.) Likewise in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon, and similarly in Photius and elsewhere. This participle, transmitted here as a)poteqruwme/noi, is actually a)poteqrumme/noi, quoted from Plato, Republic 495E; see …
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411
Βοτρυοσταγῆ ἔρνη
shoots dripping with grapes
… no connection with it. [1] Polybius 12.13.1. (This refers to
Timaeus'
account of Demochares: see generally delta 472.) Here Botruos is the genitive of a writer's name, "Botrys".
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2914
Ἐραῖα
eraia, wool-decorated branch
… olive branch was principally used for these woolly branches. Compare
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon, who glosses the word qallo/s as 'any branch. But principally the branch of the olive' [pa=n to\ qallo/n. kuri/ws de\ o( …
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3112
Ἐρυσίβη
mildew
See already epsilon 3111. An entry in
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon distinguishes e)rusi/bh from pa/xnh.
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1595
Κίκι
castor-oil
The headword is attested in Herodotus (2.94.1), Plato
(Timaeus
60A), and elsewhere. [1] cf. ps.-Herodian 236. [2] Quotation unidentifiable.
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1997
Κόμμι
gum
Cited more extensively in pi 928,
Timaeus'
Platonic Lexicon, and Pausanias the Atticist s.v. pe/lanoi, and attributed to Dionysius Thrax fr.51 Linke. Tree sap is frequently termed "tears", starting with Herodotus 2.96: "its sap …
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