φηγός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. φᾱγός <span class="bibl">Theoc.9.20</span>, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[δρῦς ἀγρία]], [[Valonia oak]], [[Quercus Aegilops]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.3.1</span>, <span class="bibl">3.8.2</span>, etc.: freq. in Il.(not in Od.), Διὸς περικαλλέϊ φηγῷ <span class="bibl">Il.5.693</span>; φηγῷ ἐφ' ὑψηλῆ . . Διός <span class="bibl">7.60</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ παλαιὰ φ</b>., of [[the oak]] of Dodona, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>171</span>, cf. Hes.<span class="title">Frr.</span>134.7, 212 (but δρῦς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1168</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[acorn of the same tree]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1137</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span> 372c</span>, Theoc. l.c., <span class="bibl">D.Chr.6.62</span>. (Cf. Lat. <b class="b2">fāgus</b> 'beech', OE. <b class="b2">bóc</b> 'beech'.)</span>