φηγός

English (LSJ)

Dor. φᾱγός Theoc.9.20, ἡ,

   A = δρῦς ἀγρία, Valonia oak, Quercus Aegilops, Thphr.HP3.3.1, 3.8.2, etc.: freq. in Il.(not in Od.), Διὸς περικαλλέϊ φηγῷ Il.5.693; φηγῷ ἐφ' ὑψηλῆ . . Διός 7.60; ἡ παλαιὰ φ., of the oak of Dodona, S.Tr.171, cf. Hes.Frr.134.7, 212 (but δρῦς S.Tr.1168).    II acorn of the same tree, Ar.Pax1137 (lyr.), Pl.R. 372c, Theoc. l.c., D.Chr.6.62. (Cf. Lat. fāgus 'beech', OE. bóc 'beech'.)