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Druinos
Adler number: delta,1541
Translated headword: oaken
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] wooden, as one might say stony [li/qinos]; for every [kind of] wood is called dru=s ["oak"], according to the generic [use] of this [word].[1] Also [sc. illustrative of this generic use are] the a)kro/drua ["tree-fruits"],[2] dru/faktoi ["railings made of split wood"],[3] drumoi/ ["thickets"],[4] do/rata ["stems, trees, planks, shafts"],[5] dou/reios i(/ppos ["wooden horse"],[6] and drupe/peis e)la/ai ["olives ripened on the tree"].[7]
Perhaps also drupetei=s, the [olives] that fall from the tree. So drupepei=s [are] those which among us [are called] r(oupa/tai.[8]
Greek Original:Druinos: xulinos, hôs an tis eipoi lithinos: pan gar xulon drus kaleitai kata to genikon apo toutou. kai ta akrodrua kai druphaktoi kai drumoi kai dorata kai doureios hippos kai drupepeis elaai. isôs kai drupeteis hai apo tou dendrou pesousai. drupepeis oun hai par' hêmin rhoupatai.
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Keywords: botany; comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; mythology; poetry; trade and manufacture; tragedy
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 26 March 2005@01:08:47.
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