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φᾰκός

phakos

lentil

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Where it lives

  • Regnorum I 4 · 2.16/10k
  • Regnorum II 2 · 1.24/10k
  • Regnorum IV 2 · 1.16/10k
  • Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k
  • Genesis 1 · 0.33/10k
  • Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

1. φακός · phakos — Beekes

φακός ([m.] ‘lentil’, often metaphorically of lentil-like objects, e.g. ‘hot-water bottle, birthmark, freckle’ (IA). “COMP pakoetdig ‘lentiform’ (Arist., Str. etc.). so. *DER 1. pax-tov [n.] ‘decoction of lentils’ (Hp.). 2. --voc ‘prepared with lentils’ -ἰνᾶς [m.] ‘seller of lentil-products’, φακινο-πώλιον [n.] ‘shop with lentil-products (Pap. etc.). 3. φακ-ώδης ‘lentil-like, full of lentil-like spots’ (Hp. … — [Beekes, s.v. φακός, p. 1598]

2. φακός · phakos — Chantraine

φακός : πι., 1. «lentille, Ervum lens », plante et graine {Solon, ete.) ; pl. pœxot «soupe de lentilles » (Phérécr., etc.) ; 2. «lentille d'eau » (Dse.) ; 3. «récipient en forme de lentille » (Hp., LXX, etc.) ; 4. toute tache sur la peau, spécialement de rousseur (pap., 115 8. av., Plu., etc.) ; 5. ornement en forme de lentille (Ath.). Composés : comme premier terme on ἃ axés dans l'adjectif φακο-ειδής «en forme de … — [Chantraine, s.v. φακός, p. 1193]

3. φακός · phakos — Frisk

φακός m. ‘Linse’, oft übertr. auf linsenähnliche Gegenstände, z.B. “Wärmflasche, Muttermal, Sommersprosse’ (ion. att.)- Als Vorderglied u.a. in φακο-ειδῆὴς “linsenförmig’ (Arist., Stru.a.). Davon 1. pax-ıov τι. “Linsendekokt’ (Hp.). 2. -ıwog “aus Linsen bereitet’ mit -wäs m. “Verkäufer von Linsenprodukten’, φακπινο-πώλιον n. “Laden mit Linsenprodukten’ (Pap. u.a.), 3. -ὦδης “linsenartig, voll linsenartiger Flecke” … — [Frisk, s.v. φακός, p. 1957]

4. φᾰκός · phakos — LSJ

lentil, Ervum Lens, its fruit

lentil, Ervum Lens, and its fruit, Solon 38.3, Hdt. 4.17, IG 1(2).334.7, Thphr. HP 8.1.4, Diocl. Fr. 117, etc.; φακὸν ἕψειν Theoc. 10.54; ἕψημα φακοῦ LXX Ge. 25.34; ἀφέψημα φακοῦ Sor. 1.121.

b lentil-soup

pl. = φακῆ, lentil-soup, Pherecr. 67.3, Amphis 40, Gal. 6.770, Vict.Att. 7.

2 duckweed, Lemna minor

φ. ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν τελμάτων, duckweed, Lemna minor, Dsc. 1.12, 4.87.

II anything shaped like lentils

anything shaped like lentils:

1 hot-water bottle, oil-flask

hot-water bottle, POxy. 1088.46 (i A. D.); φ. ὀστράκινος Hp. Nat.Mul. 34; πυρίη φακῶν τῶν κεραμήων Aret. CA 2.5; φ. τοῦ ἐλαίου oil-flask, LXX 1 Ki. 10.1; τοῦ ὕδατος ib. 26.11.

2 spot, mole, birthmark

spot on the body, mole, birthmark, PPetr. 3p.2, al. (iii B. C.), Dsc. 1.13, 5.118, Plu. Vind. 2.563a, Praec. 800e, Gal. 11.845, etc.

3 ornament on beds

ornament on beds, Theodor.Hierap. ap. Ath. 10.413b. (Cf. Albanian baθε ‘Vicia Faba’.)

In the wild

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Where it came from

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