κεράτιον: Difference between revisions

|txtha=κερατιου, τό ([[diminutive]] of [[κέρας]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> a [[little]] [[horn]].<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[name]] of the [[fruit]] of the [[κερατέα]] or κερατεια (or κερατια), the Ceratonia sillqua (Linn.) or carob [[tree]] (called [[also]] St. John's Bread (from the [[notion]] [[that]] its pods, [[which]] [[resemble]] those of the '[[locust]]', constituted the [[food]] of the Baptist)). This [[fruit]] is shaped [[like]] a [[horn]] and has a [[sweet]] [[taste]]; it [[was]] (and is) used [[not]] [[only]] in fattening [[swine]], [[but]] as an [[article]] of [[food]] by the [[lower]] classes: A. V. husks); cf. Winer s RWB, [[under]] the [[word]] Johannisbrodbaum; (B. D. ([[especially]] American edition) [[under]] the [[word]] <TOPIC:Husks>).