φιλύρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">[ῠ</b>], Ion. φῐλύ-ρη, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[lime tree]], [[Tilia platyphyllos]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.67</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.12.4</span>, al., Dsc.1.96, <span class="bibl">Corn.<span class="title">ND</span>24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">φ. ἄρρην</b>, = [[φιλυρέα]], and φ. θήλεια [[silver lime]], [[Tilia tomentosa]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.10.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[the bass underneath its bark]], used for writing on, Gal.18(2).630, <span class="bibl">Hdn.1.17.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.72.8</span>; for garlands, φιλύρας . . ἄφυλλος στέφανος <span class="bibl">Xenarch.13</span>.</span>