ὄροβος
ὅτι μέντοι καὶ ἡ χρῆσις τῶν τρόπων, ὥσπερ τἆλλα πάντα καλὰ ἐν λόγοις, προαγωγὸν ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸ ἄμετρον, δῆλον ἤδη, κἂν ἐγὼ μὴ λέγω → however, it is also obvious, even without my saying so, that the use of figures of speech, like other literary adornments, is something that has always tempted toward excess
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A bitter vetch, Vicia Ervilia, Thphr.HP2.4.2, al., Dsc.2.108, Sammelb.4369a9 (iii B. C.), etc. : freq. in pl., of its seeds, Hp.VM8, Acut.21, Vict.2.45, Heraclit.4 (prob.), D.22.15, Arist.HA522b29, Thphr.HP8.1.4, D.Chr.6.62, etc. II = χάλαζα 11, Eust.853.55. (Cf. ἐρέβινθος.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 385] ὁ, ervum, die Kichererbse, Theophr. und Folgde, auch die Pflanze.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ὄροβος: ὁ, (ἴδε ἐρέβινθος, Λατ. erv-um) τὸ «ῥόβι», εἶδος ὀσπρίου, τὸ πλεῖστον ἐν τῷ πληθυντ., Ἱππ. π. Ἀρχ. Ἰητρ. 11, π. Διαίτ. Ὀξ. 387, Δημ. 598. 4, Ἀριστ., κτλ. 2) τὸ φυτὸν τὸ φέρον τὸν ὄροβον, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 2. 4, 2. ΙΙ. = χάλαζα ΙΙ, Εὐστ. 853. 55.
