gall-insect, Cynips psenes
gall-insect, Cynips psenes, which lives in the fruit of the wild fig and male palm, Hdt. 1.193, Ar. Av. 590 (anap.), Arist. HA 557b26, Thphr. HP 2.8.1.
2 fruit of the made palm
fruit of the made palm, Poll. 1.244.
The corpus record
ψήν
psen · ὁ
gall-insect, Cynips psenes
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Where it lives
- Histories 2 · 0.11/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- ψῆνας · psēnas Herodotus, Histories 1.193.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1371)
- ψὴν · psēn Herodotus, Histories 1.193.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1370)
Where it came from
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