δάφνη

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Menander, Monostichoi, 300
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Transliteration A: dáphnē Transliteration B: daphnē Transliteration C: dafni Beta Code: da/fnh

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A sweet bay, Laurus nobilis, Od.9.183, Hes.Th.30, prob. in Men. Georg.36; τὸ τῆς δ. (sc. τρύπανον) ἄριστον Thphr.HP5.9.7; δάφναν μὴ δρέπε Supp.Epigr.2.185 (Boeot., v B.C.); [Ἀπόλλων] χρείων ἐκ δάφνης γυάλων ὕπο Παρνησοῖο h.Ap.396; ἐξ ὧν εἶπέ μοι ὁ Φοῖβος . . Πυθικὴν σείσας δάφνην Ar.Pl.213; ἐρέω τι τορώτερον ἢ ἀπὸ δάφνης Call.Del.94; στεφανῶσαι δάφνης στεφάνῳ GDI2507 (Delph.), cf. Epigr.Gr.786 (Halic.), CIG3641 b 20 (add., Lampsacus).    II δ. Ἀλεξανδρεία, Ruscus Hypoglossum, Thphr.HP1.10.8,3.17.4, Dsc. 4.145.    2 = χαμαιδάφνη, Ps.Dsc.4.147.    III white mangrove, Avicennia officinalis, Thphr.HP4.7.2.    IV a kind of coral, ibid. (ᾰ Theoc.11.45.)