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κέδρος

κέδρος, the cedar-tree

κέδρος, ἡ,
  • cedar-tree, ὀδμὴ κέδρου . . θύου τʼ ἀνὰ νῆσον ὀδώδει δαιομένων Od. 5.60; τὸ ἀπὸ κ. ἄλειφαρ γινόμενον Hdt. 2.87, cf. 4.75; applied to prickly cedar, Juniperus Oxycedrus, Od. l.c., Thphr. HP 3.12.3; Syrian cedar, J. excelsa, ib. 3.2.6, Dsc. 1.77; Phoenician cedar, J. phoenicea, Thphr. HP 9.2.3; Himalayan cedar, J. macropoda, Str. 15.1.29; κ. μικρά juniper, J. communis, Dsc. l.c.
      • 2 anything made of cedar-wood: cedar coffin, E. Alc. 365 (pl.), Tr. 1141; cedar box, for a bee-hive, Theoc. 7.81.
      • 3 cedar-oil, τῇ κ. ἀλείφειν Luc. Ind. 16.
      • 4 v. κέδρον I.

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