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κέδρος

kedros

cedar-tree

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1. κέδρος · kedros — Beekes

κέδρος [f.] ‘cedar-tree’ (ε 60). «Ὁ» *COMP Few compounds, eg. xedp-éAatov ‘cedar oil’ (Aét.), ὀξύ-κεδρος [f.] ‘prickly cedar’ (Thphr,; cf. Stromberg 1940: 35). *DER Kedpic [f.] ‘juniper-berry’ (Hp. Ar.); κέδρον [n.] ‘id’ (inscr, EM, H.); xedpia ‘cedar oil’ (Hdt, Ὁ. S.), also kedpéa (pap., medic, after μηλέα, συκέα, etc.). κεδρίτης (οἶνος) ‘wine with juniper flavouring’; κέδρινος ‘of cedar-wood’ (Ηρ. E., Arist.), … — [Beekes, s.v. κέδρος, p. 710]

2. κέδρος · kedros — Chantraine

κέδρος : «cèdre » «genévrier » dans ses diverses variétés, mais distinct de θυία (Od. 5,60, etc.); cependant, la distinction n’est pas toujours facile à faire dans nos textes entre cèdre et genévrier. Quelques composés κεδρέλαιον «huile de cèdre » (Æt.), κεδρελάτη «Juniperus excelsa, grand genévrier » (Pline), κεδρόμηλον « cédrat » (Dsc.) τε κίτριον ; ὀξύκεδρος f. s«cade, cèdre piquant, Juniperus oxycedrus » (Pline … — [Chantraine, s.v. κέδρος, p. 523]

3. κέδρος · kedros — Frisk

κέδρος f. "Wagrholder, Juniperus’, später “Zeder” (seit & 60). Einzelne Kompp., z.B. κεδρ-ἔέλαιον “Zederöl? (Aöt.), ὀξύκεδρος f. "stachelige Zeder’ (Thphr.; vgl. Strömberg Pflanzennamen 35). — Ableitungen: »eögis f. "Wacholderbeere, Wacholder’ (Hp., Ar. usw.); κέδρον τι. “Wacholderbeere usw.’ (Inschr., EM, H.); κεδρία “Zedernharz, Zedernöl’ (Hdt., D. 5. u.a.), auch κεδρέα (Pap., Mediz.; nach μηλέα, συκέα usw.). … — [Frisk, s.v. κέδρος, p. 840]

4. κέδρος · kedros — LSJ

cedar-tree, prickly cedar, Juniperus Oxycedrus, Syrian cedar, J. excelsa, Phoenician cedar, J. phoenicea, Himalayan cedar, J. macropoda, juniper, J. communis

cedar-tree, ὀδμὴ κέδρου . . θύου τʼ ἀνὰ νῆσον ὀδώδει δαιομένων Od. 5.60; τὸ ἀπὸ κ. ἄλειφαρ γινόμενον Hdt. 2.87, cf. 4.75; applied to prickly cedar, Juniperus Oxycedrus, Od. l.c., Thphr. HP 3.12.3; Syrian cedar, J. excelsa, ib. 3.2.6, Dsc. 1.77; Phoenician cedar, J. phoenicea, Thphr. HP 9.2.3; Himalayan cedar, J. macropoda, Str. 15.1.29; κ. μικρά juniper, J. communis, Dsc. l.c.

2 anything made of cedar-wood: cedar coffin, cedar box

anything made of cedar-wood: cedar coffin, E. Alc. 365 (pl.), Tr. 1141; cedar box, for a bee-hive, Theoc. 7.81.

3 cedar-oil

cedar-oil, τῇ κ. ἀλείφειν Luc. Ind. 16.

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v. κέδρον I.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κέδρος (scan p. 710; entry #3026).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κέδρος (scan p. 523; entry #3777).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κέδρος (scan pp. 840-841; entry #2882).

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