κέδρος

English (LSJ)

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   A cedar-tree, ὀδμὴ κέδρου . . θύου τ' ἀνὰ νῆσον ὀδώδει δαιομένων Od.5.60; τὸ ἀπὸ κ. ἄλειφαρ γινόμενον Hdt.2.87, cf.4.75; applied to prickly cedar, Juniperus Oxycedrus, Od.l.c., Thphr.HP3.12.3; Syrian cedar, J. excelsa, ib.3.2.6, Dsc.1.77; Phoenician cedar, J. phoenicea, Thphr.HP9.2.3; Himalayan cedar, J. macropoda, Str.15.1.29; κ. μικρά juniper, J. communis, Dsc.l.c.    2 anything made of cedar- wood: cedar coffin, E.Alc.365 (pl.), Tr.1141; cedar box, for a bee- hive, Theoc.7.81.    3 cedar-oil, τῇ κ. ἀλείφειν Luc.Ind.16.    4 v. κέδρον1.