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ἰσχάς

ischas · ἡ

dried fig, over-ripe olives, spurge, Euphorbia Apios

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 11 · 1.03/10k
Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
Discourses 4 · 0.54/10k

What it meant

ἰσχάς · ischas — LSJ

dried fig, over-ripe olives

dried fig, Ar. Eq. 755, Hermipp. 63.16, Alex. 162.15, Arist. HA 577a10, IG 2(2).1013.24, PCair.Zen. 110 (iii B.C.), Theoc. 1.147, etc.; ἰσχάδος ἐγκώμιον POxy. 2084; also, of over-ripe olives, Eust. 1963.55.

2 spurge, Euphorbia Apios

spurge, Euphorbia Apios, Thphr. HP 9.9.6, Dsc. 4.175, Plin. HN 26.72.

II that which holds, anchor

(ἴσχω) that which holds, anchor, S. Fr. 761, Luc. Lex. 15.

In the wild

ἰσχάς · ischas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1964)
ἰσχάδα · ischada Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1962)
ἰσχάδα · ischada Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.11 (DIORISIS sentence 1963)
ἰσχάδες · ischades Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 2197)
ἰσχάδα · ischada Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3731)
ἰσχάδʼ · ischadʼ Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3731)

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