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Headword: Elaa
Adler number: epsilon,729
Translated headword: olive
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[e)la/a means] the fruit; but e)lai/a [means] the tree.[1] They used to call the fruit that ripened on the tree gige/rimos; but among us [it is called] r(oupa/ta.[2]
Greek Original:
Elaa: ho karpos, Elaia de to dendron. hoti tên en tôi dendrôi pepantheisan elaan gigerimon elegon: par' hêmin de rhoupatan.
Notes:
[1] From epsilon 764; cf. also delta 1541, epsilon 743.
[2] From gamma 187; cf. also delta 1541, delta 1549.
Keywords: botany; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 25 March 2005@22:56:15.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented and modified notes) on 27 March 2005@04:03:49.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 12 August 2012@04:20:34.
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