lime

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

lime for cement: P. and V. πηλός, ὁ.

bird lime: V. ἰξός, ὁ (Eur., Cyclops 433).

lime tree: P. φιλύρα, ἡ (Herodotus).

of the lime tree, adj.: Ar. φιλύρινος.