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ῥᾰφᾰν-ος

raphanos · ἡ

cabbage, Brassica cretica

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What it meant — LSJ

cabbage, Brassica cretica

cabbage, Brassica cretica, Ar. Fr. 109; οἶδʼ ὅτι καλοῦμεν ῥάφανον, ὑμεῖς δʼ οἱ ξένοι κράμβην Apollod.Car. 27; τῆς ῥ., ἣν καλοῦσί τινες κράμβην Arist. HA 551a15, cf. Thphr. HP 1.6.6, al.; it was boiled for use, Nicoch. 15, Alex. 286; distd. fr. -ίς by Phryn. 11, Hsch.

2

ῥ. ἀγρία,= κράμβη ἀγρία, Thphr. HP 7.6.2.

b

= ῥαφανὶς ἀγρία, ib. 9.15.5.

c tuberous spurge, Euphorbia Apios

tuberous spurge, Euphorbia Apios, Dsc. 4.175; also ῥ. ὀρεία, ὀρεινή, Thphr. HP 9.12.1, Ps.-Dsc. 4.175.

II

also, = ῥαφανίς, Arist. Pr. 924a34, PTeb. 79.22 (ii B.C.), Poll. 1.247. (Ion. (?) and late Gr. ῥέφανος Hp. Mul. 2.115, Gloss.: v. ῥάπυς.)

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