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φλοιός

φλοιός, the bark

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φλοιῶν Noun: masculine genitive plural of φλοιός

φλοιῶν Verb: present active participle masculine nominative singular of φλοιόω

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φλοιός, ὁ, (φλέω)
  • bark of trees, esp. smooth bark (such as one can cut oneʼs name on, Theoc. 18.47, Call. Fr. 101), Il. 1.237, Emp. 81, Hdt. 4.67, X. Cyn. 9.18, Thphr. HP 1.5.2, Sor. 1.62; eaten in famine, Plb. 7.1.3, Plu. Ant. 17: pl., Call. l.c., Str. 11.8.7, 15.1.60.
        • b husk or skin of certain fruits, Plu. QConv. 2.684a, Aët. 12.1.
      • 2 membrane enclosing the eggs of certain animals, Arist. HA 558a28.
      • 3 tissue from which spiders spin their webs, ib. 623a32.
      • 4 metaph., of superficial or useless coverings, redundancy, ὁ Λακωνικὸς λόγος οὐκ ἔχει φλοιόν Plu. Garr. 2.510f; φωνὴν . . φλοιοῦ μεστήν Crantor ap. D.L. 4.27; γυμνὸς τῶν φλοιῶν stripped of all outsides, M.Ant. 12.2, 8; περὶ τὸν φ. ἀσχολεῖσθαι Luc. Herm. 79.

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