σκαλίας

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πείθεται πᾶς ἥδιον ἢ βιάζεται (Dio Cassius, Historiae Romanae 8.36.3) → it's always more pleasant to be persuaded than to be forced

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Full diacritics: σκᾰλίας Medium diacritics: σκαλίας Low diacritics: σκαλίας Capitals: ΣΚΑΛΙΑΣ
Transliteration A: skalías Transliteration B: skalias Transliteration C: skalias Beta Code: skali/as

English (LSJ)

-ου, ὁ, found d' artichaut, Thphr. HP 6.4.11; cf. ἀσκάληρον.

German (Pape)

[Seite 888] ὁ, der Kopf od. die Frucht der Artischocke, κάκτος, Theophr.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σκᾰλίας: -ου, ὁ, ἡ κορυφὴ τῆς κάκτου («φραγκοσυκιᾶς») ἢ ἀγινάρας, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 6. 4, 11.

Greek Monolingual

ὁ, Α
το εσωτερικό περιφερειακό τμήμα της αγκινάρας.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < θ. σκαλ- του σκάλλω + επίθημα -ίας (πρβλ. καπνίας), πιθ. λόγω του ότι βρίσκεται στο εσωτερικό του φυτού].

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: fruit-shell of the κάκτος (Thphr.); cf. e.g. OHG scala shell, pod and Strömberg Theophrastea 166.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Furnée 373 adduces ἀσκαλία, ἀσκάληρον the fruit of the artichoke; so the word is Pre-Greek.