ἀφάκη
ἀγαθοὶ δὲ ἐγένοντο διὰ τὸ φῦναι ἐξ ἀγαθῶν → they were virtuous because they were sprung from virtuous men, virtuous they were because they were sprung from men of virtue
English (LSJ)
[ᾰφᾰ], ἡ,
A tare, Vicia angustifolia, Pherecr.188, Arist.HA 596a25, Thphr.HP8.8.3, Dsc.2.148, etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 406] (φακός), ἡ, ein linsenartiges Schotengewächs, Vogelwicke, Theophr.; Ath. IX, 406 c; leontodon taraxacon, Theophr.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀφάκη: ἡ, (φἄκός) εἶδος ὀσπρίου (ἴδε φακῆ), Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 8. 10, 3, Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φ. 8. 3, κτλ., ἴδε Meineke εἰς Φερεκρ. Ἄδηλ. 17. ΙΙ. εἶδος ἀγρίας βοτάνης, ἡδυπνοΐς, ἴσως ἔντυβον (Γεωπ. 12. 1, 7), ἀμφίβολον παρὰ Θεοφρ., ἴδε ἐν λ. ἀπάπη.
Spanish (DGE)
-ης, ἡ
• Prosodia: [ᾰφᾰ-]
bot.
1 un tipo de arveja, Vicia articulala Hornem. o arveja común, v. satiua L. var. angustifolia leguminosa parecida a la lenteja, Pherecr.201, Ar.Fr.787, Arist.HA 596a25, Thphr.HP 8.5.3, 8.3, CP 4.15.4, Phan.48, PCair.Zen.292.47 (III a.C.), Dsc.2.148, Plin.HN 27.38, Gal.11.843, Hsch.
2 taraxacón, achicoria amarga, diente de león, Taraxacum officinale Weber planta silvestre, Plin.HN 21.89.
• Etimología: Etim. dud. Quizá rel. c. φακός, c. ἀ- protética. Otra explicación parte de ἀποφάκη c. haplología, cf. ἀπόλινον, ἀπόμελι, comp. que tendría matiz peyorativo.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἀφάκη: ἡ бот. вика (разновидность Vicia cracca) Arst.
