φοινικήϊος
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
η, ον, Ion. for φοινίκειος,
A = φοινίκινος 1, of the datepalm, ἐσθὴς φ. clothing of palm leaves, Hdt.4.43; οἶνος φ. palm-wine, Id.2.86; βίκους φοινικηΐους (-ηΐου Valla) . . οἴνου πλέους 1.194; φοινικηΐη νοῦσος, = ἐλεφαντίασις, Hp. ap. Gal.19.153. II Phoenician, Hdt.3.37, 8.90, 97; γράμματα Φοινικήϊα, of the ancient Ionic alphabet, Id.5.58, cf. Scamon 2; Φ. alone, SIG38.37 (Teos, v B. C.).
