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κότινος

κότινος, the wild olive-tree

κότῐνος, ὁ (also ἡ Theoc. 5.32),
  • wild olive-tree, Ar. Av. 621 (anap.), Pl. 943; τοὺς νικῶντας στεφανώσας κοτίνου στεφάνῳ (sc. at Olympia) ib. 586, cf. AP 9.357, Thphr. HP 4.13.2; τὰ ξύλα τὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ κ. IG ΙΙ(2).287 A 22 (Delos, iii B. C.): distd.from ἀγριελαία by Sch. Pl. Phdr. 236b (in neut. κότινον, τό), but identified by Dsc. 1.105. (In Ar. Pl. 592 the v.l. κοτίνῳ στεφάνῳ may point to κοτινῷ dat. of Adj. κοτινοῦς.)

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