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Headword:
*)/ogxnai
Adler number: omicron,27
Translated headword: pears
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] wild pears [achrades], or pears [apioi].
Greek Original:*)/ogxnai: a)xra/des, h)\ a)/pioi.
Notes:
Same or similar entry in other lexica; see the references at
Photius omicron24 Theodoridis. The second of the glosses comes from the
scholia to
Homer,
Odyssey 7.115, from where the headword is quoted.
The
a)/pios is the common pear (
Pyrus communis,
alpha 3194,
alpha 3195,
alpha 3197) of which the
o)/gxnh is a variety. Compare
Theophrastus,
Enquiry into Plants 2.5.6, where the
o)/gxnh is associated with cultivated trees. The
a)xra/s, as also the
a)/xerdos, is the wild pear (
pyrus amygdaliformis or
spinosa), usually planted as a defensive hedge in ancient Greece, but also eaten. See, for example, Eumaeus' farm at
Homer,
Odyssey 14.10 (web address 1); also also
alpha 4713.
Reference:
Dalby, A. Siren Feasts. London: Routledge: 1996, pp.38-39; 79-80
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: botany; definition; epic; food
Translated by: Tony Natoli on 28 February 2003@23:41:37.
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