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Headword:
*(/usgh
Adler number: upsilon,674
Translated headword: hysge, kermes-oak
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A kind of plant. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] u(sginobafh\s xitw/n ["hysginon-dipped shirt"],[1] [meaning] dyed. Also [sc. attested is] u(sginobafh= ["hysginon-dips"], neuter [plural].
Greek Original:*(/usgh: ei)=dos bota/nhs. kai\ *(usginobafh\s xitw/n, bebamme/nos. kai\ *(usginobafh=, ou)dete/rws.
Notes:
See generally LSJ s.v. u(/sgh and u(/sginon. The dye produced from this plant (quercus coccifera) was crimson or scarlet.
[1] Same phrase, according to Adler, in the Ambrosian Lexicon.
Keywords: botany; clothing; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: David Whitehead on 27 April 2011@04:55:00.
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