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Headword:
Elaia
Adler number: epsilon,764
Translated headword: olive
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [*)elai/a is] the tree, but e)la/a the fruit.
Greek Original:Elaia: to dendron. Elaa de ho karpos.
Note:
This distinction -- already at
epsilon 729 and
epsilon 743 -- is made by grammarians, but in fact the difference is one of dialect,
e)la/a being the Attic form (see LSJ s.v.).
Keywords: botany; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 14 May 2003@00:56:06.
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