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γεράνειον

From LSJ

Ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνον → Plato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

Gnomologium Vaticanum, 446
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Transliteration A: geráneion Transliteration B: geraneion Transliteration C: geraneion Beta Code: gera/neion

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], τό, a kind of truffle, Eust.1017.19; = ὕδνον, Theophrastus HP1.6.9, ap.Ath.2.62a (om.codd. Theophrastus ); but distinct from . ib. 1.6.5, ap.Ath.2.61f.

Spanish (DGE)

-ου, τό
bot. trufa Thphr.HP 1.6.5, Fr.167, Plin.HN 19.36, Eust.1017.19.

German (Pape)

[Seite 485] τό, nach Theophr. Ath. II, 62 a = ὕδνον.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

γεράνειον: τό, εἶδος βολβοῦ ἢ ὑπογείου μύκητος, Εὐστ. 1017. 19· διάφορον τοῦ ὕδνου, Θεόφρ. Ι. Φ. 1 6, 5.

Greek Monolingual

γεράνειον, το (AM) γέρανος
είδος βολβού ή μύκητα.