φλοιός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, ([[φλέω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[bark]] of [[tree]]s, esp. [[smooth]] [[bark]] (such as one can cut one's name on, <span class="bibl">Theoc.18.47</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>101</span>), <span class="bibl">Il.1.237</span>, <span class="bibl">Emp.81</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.67</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyn.</span>9.18</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.5.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Sor.1.62</span>; eaten in famine, <span class="bibl">Plb.7.1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Ant.</span>17</span>: pl., Call.l.c., <span class="bibl">Str.11.8.7</span>, <span class="bibl">15.1.60</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[husk]] or [[skin]] of certain [[fruit]]s, Plu.2.684a, <span class="bibl">Aët.12.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[membrane]] enclosing the [[egg]]s of certain animals, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>558a28</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[tissue]] from which [[spider]]s spin their [[web]]s, ib.<span class="bibl">623a32</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., of [[superficial]] or [[useless]] [[covering]]s, [[redundancy]], <b class="b3">ὁ Λακωνικὸς</b> λόγος οὐκ ἔχει φλοιόν Plu.2.510f; <b class="b3">φωνὴν . . φλοιοῦ μεστήν</b> Crantorap. <span class="bibl">D.L.4.27</span>; <b class="b3">γυμνὸς τῶν φλοιῶν</b> [[strip]]ped of all [[outside]]s, <span class="bibl">M.Ant.12.2</span>, <span class="bibl">8</span>; περὶ τὸν φ. [[ἀσχολεῖσθαι]] <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Herm.</span>79</span>.</span>