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Headword:
Ῥάδαμνος
Adler number: rho,14
Translated headword: bough
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A delicate shoot; or a slip.[1]
The branch of the tree which is covered with leaves and makes shade is a ῥάδαμνος . [sc. The term comes] from easily [ῥᾳδίως ] being overcome [δαμάζεσθαι ] by heat or for some other reason, as being tender and prominent.[2]
Greek Original:Ῥάδαμνος: βλαστὸς τρυφερός: ἢ κλάδος. Ῥάδαμνός ἐστιν ὁ τοῖς φύλλοις κομῶν ἀκρεμὼν τοῦ δένδρου, καὶ σκιὰν ἐκτελῶν. παρὰ τὸ ῥᾳδίως δαμάζεσθαι ὑπὸ καύσωνος ἤ τινος ἄλλου αἰτίου, ὡς ἁπαλὸς καὶ προέχων.
Notes:
cf.
omicron 619,
omicron 495.
[1] Same or similar glosses in other lexica.
[2] The source of this material (not in other lexica) is unknown.
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 3 September 2010@23:13:05.
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