ἀκρόδρυα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τά, prop.<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[fruits grown on upper branches of trees]], esp. [[hard-shelled fruits]], opp. [[ὀπώρα]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aff.</span>61</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>606b2</span>, cf. <span class="title">Gp.</span> 10.74.2, <span class="bibl">Ath.2.52a</span>; also, [[fruits]] generally, Glaucides ap.eund.<span class="bibl">3.81a</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>930b26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>3p.196</span> (iii B. C.), <span class="title">PAvrom.</span>1 <span class="title">A</span>13 (i B. C.), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>23</span>; μάζῃ καὶ τοῖς ἀ. ἀρκούμενοι <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>466</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[trees which produce such fruits]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span>115b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>19.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>6.11.2</span>; φυτὰ ἀκροδρύων <span class="bibl">D.53.15</span>:—[[fruit-trees]] in general (incl. vine and olive), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.4.11</span>. (Sg. in <span class="title">AP</span>9.555 (Crin.), <span class="bibl">Ath.2.49e</span>; cf. <b class="b3">ἀκρόδρυον· πλῆρες μέτρον</b> (Tarent.), Hsch.) </span>