The corpus record

ῥᾰφᾰν-ίς

raphanis · ἡ

radish, Raphanus sativus

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Where it lives

Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

radish, Raphanus sativus

radish, Raphanus sativus, Ar. Nu. 981, Pl. 544, Fr. 253, Cratin. 313, Eup. 312, Thphr. HP 1.2.7, Dsc. 2.112, etc.: later ῥεφανίς, Philum. Ven. 18.4, Gloss.; cf. ῥάφανος.

II charlock, Raphanus raphanistrum

ῥ. ἀγρία charlock, Raphanus raphanistrum, Dsc. 2.112, Plin. HN 19.82. [-ῑς, ῖδος in all known passages, though Ath. 2.56e says that ι is common.]

In the wild

ῥαφανίς · rhaphanis Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.17 (DIORISIS sentence 2117)

Where it came from

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