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Headword:
Ζειά
Adler number: zeta,43
Translated headword: spelt, one-seeded wheat
Vetting Status: low
Translation: A kind of barley.
Greek Original:Ζειά: εἶδος κριθῆς.
Note:
According to LSJ, ζειά is either "one-seeded wheat, Triticum monococcum, used as fodder for horses" (mentioned in the Odyssey), or "rice-wheat, Triticum dicoccum."
Keywords: botany; definition; epic; food
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 25 May 2003@19:01:07.
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