ἀκρόδρυα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τά, prop.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fruits grown on upper branches of trees]], esp. [[hard-shelled fruits]], opp. [[ὀπώρα]], Hp.''Aff.''61, Arist.''HA''606b2, 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 ''A''13 (i B. C.), Plu.''Alex.''23; μάζῃ καὶ τοῖς ἀ. ἀρκούμενοι Epicur.''Fr.''466.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[trees which produce such fruits]], Pl.''Criti.''115b, X.''Oec.''19.12, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[De Causis Plantarum|CP]]'' 6.11.2; φυτὰ ἀκροδρύων D.53.15:—[[fruit-trees]] in general (incl. [[vine]] and [[olive]]), [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 4.4.11. (Sg. in ''AP''9.555 (Crin.), Ath.2.49e; cf. [[ἀκρόδρυον]]· [[πλῆρες]] [[μέτρον]] (Tarent.), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]])