φήληξ
φήληξ, a wild fig
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φήληχʼ Noun: masculine accusative singular, Noun: masculine dative singular, Noun: masculine nominative dual, Noun: masculine vocative dual, Noun: masculine accusative dual of φήληξ
φήληξ, ηκος, ὁ,
- a wild fig (perh. from φῆλος, deceitful, because it seems ripe when it is not really so), Ar. Pax 1165 (cf. S. Fr. 731).
φήληξ, ηκος (ὁ) figue qui paraît mûre sans l’être, Soph. fr. 792 ; Ar. Pax 1165.
Étym. pré-grec.
φήληξ, ηκος, ὁ, die wilde Feige, die schwellend und heranreifend den Schein der Reife hat, aber noch nicht reif ist, Ar. Pax 1131, nach Phryn. in B.A. 71 jede unreife Feige. Es scheint mit φηλός zusammenzuhangen, wegen des täuschenden Scheins der unreifen Feige, Soph. frg. 792 in Gramm. Darmst. in actis Monac. I. II p. 515, φήληκας δέ φαμεν τοὺς πλανῶντας τὴν ὄψιν ὡς πεπείρους.
φήληξ, ηκος,
- a wild fig (prob. from φῆλος, deceitful, because it seems ripe when it is not really so), Ar.