φρύγανον

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ὅτι χρὴ τοῦ μέλιτος ἄκρῳ δακτύλῳ, ἀλλὰ μὴ κοίλῃ χειρὶ γεύεσθαι → that honey should be tasted with the fingertip and not by the handful

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Transliteration A: phrýganon Transliteration B: phryganon Transliteration C: fryganon Beta Code: fru/ganon

English (LSJ)

[ῡ], τό, (φρύγω)

   A dry stick; mostly in pl., firewood, Hdt. 4.62, Ar.Av.642, Th.3.111, X.An.4.3.11, SIG1027.13 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.), Act.Ap.28.3; φρυγάνοις καὶ λίθοις περιφράξαντες Arist.HA 603a9: Com., Φρύγες ἐστὶ καινὸν δρᾶμα τοῦτ' Εὐριπίδου . . ᾧ καὶ Σωκράτης τὰ φρύγαν' ὑποτίθησι prob. in Telecl.40: sg. only in collect. sense = τὰ φρύγανα, μαντικῶς τὸ φ. τίθεσθαι Ar.Pax1026; τὸ φ. ἐπικαίουσι Plu.2.553c.    II undershrub, opp. δένδρα, θάμνος, πόα, defined as τὸ ἀπὸ ῥίζης πολυστέλεχες καὶ πολύκλαδον, Thphr.HP1.3.1.