ἀκρόδρυα

English (LSJ)

τά, prop.

   A fruits grown on upper branches of trees, esp. hard-shelled fruits, opp. ὀπώρα, Hp.Aff.61, Arist.HA606b2, cf. Gp. 10.74.2, Ath.2.52a; also, fruits generally, Glaucides ap.eund.3.81a, Arist.Pr.930b26, PPetr.3p.196 (iii B. C.), PAvrom.1 A13 (i B. C.), Plu.Alex.23; μάζῃ καὶ τοῖς ἀ. ἀρκούμενοι Epicur.Fr.466.    2 trees which produce such fruits, Pl.Criti.115b, X.Oec.19.12, Thphr.CP6.11.2; φυτὰ ἀκροδρύων D.53.15:—fruit-trees in general (incl. vine and olive), Thphr.HP4.4.11. (Sg. in AP9.555 (Crin.), Ath.2.49e; cf. ἀκρόδρυον· πλῆρες μέτρον (Tarent.), Hsch.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 83] τά, 1) Fruchtbäume, Xen. συκῆ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἀκρ. Oec. 19, 12; Plat. Crit. 115 b. – 2) Obst (πᾶσα ὀπώρα Herodian.; πάντες οἱ τῶν δένδρων καρποί Suid.), bes. mit holziger Schale (Geop. ὅσα ἔξωθεν ἔχει κέλυφος, οἷον ῥοιά, πιστάκια, κάστανα). Arist. H. A. 8, 28 vrbdt οὔτ' ἀκρ. οὔτ' ὀπώρα, aber bei Ath. III, 20 (81 A) sind μῆλα κυδώνια ἄριστα τῶν ἀκρ.; Pallad. 21 (IX, 377) χλωρά; sonst Plut. u. Luc.; der sing. ist selten, Crinag. 23 (IX, 555); Ath. II, 33.