κάστανα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ων, τά, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[sweet chestnuts]], Mnesith. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.2.54b</span>, v.l. in Gal.6.621, v.l. in Dsc.1.106:—also κάστανοι, αἱ, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">Vict.Att.</span>10</span>; καστανίαι (οἱ or αἱ?) Dsc. l.c.; καστάναια, τά, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1013.19; καστάνεια, τά, Heracleon ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.2.52b</span> (<b class="b3">καστάν&lt;ε&gt;ιος</b> as Adj., [[φλοιός]] v.l. in Dsc.<span class="title">Eup.</span>2.49); <span class=foreign>βάλανοι καστανικαί Gal.6.777,791; καστηνοῦ (gen. sg.) <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>269</span>. καστανέα, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[chestnut-tree]], <span class="bibl">Gp.2.8.4</span>:—also κάστανος, ἡ, Hsch. s.v. [[καρύαι]]; κάστανον, τό, <span class="title">Gp.</span>10.63.1; derived by the ancients from Καστανέα, a place in Asia Minor (πόλις Μαγνησίας), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>493.26</span> (cf. Καστανὶς αἶα <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>271</span>); but cf. Armen. [[kask]]: for <span class=foreign>κάρυον κασταναϊκόν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> v. [[κάρυον]]. καστᾰνεών, ῶνος, ὁ, [[chestnut-grove]], <span class="bibl">Gp.3.15.7</span>.</span>