φλοιός
Μακάριος, ὅστις ἔτυχε γενναίου φίλου → Generosa amicus mente , felicis bonum → Glückselig ist, wer einen edlen Freund gewinnt
English (LSJ)
ὁ, (φλέω)
A bark of trees, esp. smooth bark (such as one can cut one's name on, Theoc.18.47, Call.Fr.101), Il.1.237, Emp.81, Hdt.4.67, X.Cyn.9.18, Thphr.HP1.5.2, Sor.1.62; eaten in famine, Plb.7.1.3, Plu.Ant.17: pl., Call.l.c., Str.11.8.7, 15.1.60. b husk or skin of certain fruits, Plu.2.684a, Aët.12.1. 2 membrane enclosing the eggs of certain animals, Arist. HA558a28. 3 tissue from which spiders spin their webs, ib.623a32. 4 metaph., of superficial or useless coverings, redundancy, ὁ Λακωνικὸς λόγος οὐκ ἔχει φλοιόν Plu.2.510f; φωνὴν . . φλοιοῦ μεστήν Crantorap. D.L.4.27; γυμνὸς τῶν φλοιῶν stripped of all outsides, M.Ant.12.2, 8; περὶ τὸν φ. ἀσχολεῖσθαι Luc.Herm.79.