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|Definition=[ᾰ], ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[silver fir]], [[Abies cephalonica]], ὑψηλή <span class="bibl">Il.5.560</span>; [[περιμήκετος]] <span class="bibl">14.287</span>; [[οὐρανομήκης]] <span class="bibl">Od.5.239</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.9.6</span>, etc.; also, [[Abies pectinata]], ib.<span class="bibl">5.8.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[oar]], as made of [[pine]]-[[wood]], λεύκαινον [[ὕδωρ]] ξεστῇς ἐλάτῃσιν <span class="bibl">Od.12.172</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.7.5</span>; later, [[ship]] or [[boat]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>208</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Alc.</span>444</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> the [[spathe]] of the [[date]] [[inflorescence]], Dsc.1.109.4 (but, = [[βόρασσος]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), ib.5), cf. <span class="bibl">Epich.160</span>, Gal.12.151. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[seaweed]] supposed to resemble the [[fir]], [[Cystoseira abies-marina]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>4.6.2</span>.</span>