δαύχνα

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ὅσῳ διαφέρει σῦκα καρδάμων → as different as chalk from cheese, different as chalk from cheese, apples and oranges, like apples and oranges, by as much as cardamom is different from figs

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Full diacritics: δαύχνα Medium diacritics: δαύχνα Low diacritics: δαύχνα Capitals: ΔΑΥΧΝΑ
Transliteration A: daúchna Transliteration B: dauchna Transliteration C: daychna Beta Code: dau/xna

English (LSJ)

Thess., A = δάφνη, found only in compds. (cf. ἀρχιδαυχναφορέω):—hence δαυχνοφόρος, = δαφνηφόρος, cj. in Alcm.17: Δαυχναφόριος, ὁ, prob. epithet of Apollo in Cyprus, Ber.Sächs.Ges.1908.3; cf. Δαυχναῖος, patron. fr. Δαύχνας, IG9(2).1228.26. (Perh. akin not to δάφνη, but to δαῦκος.)