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Headword: *trwkta/
Adler number: tau,1081
Translated headword: desserts, munchies
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Those fruits which are crunchy, like nuts and acorns.
Greek Original:
*trwkta/: ta\ katakta\ tw=n o)pwrw=n: oi(=on ka/rua kai\ ba/lanoi.
Note:
Neuter plural of trwkto/s, from the verb trw/gw "munch" (tau 1077, tau 1085); see generally LSJ s.v., citing instances in Herodotus and Xenophon. For the present entry cf. phi 20.
Keywords: botany; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; historiography
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 18 February 2012@15:42:18.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (expanded note; more keywords) on 19 February 2012@04:48:48.
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