φηγός

φηγός, Dor. φᾱγός Theoc. 9.20, ἡ,

• = δρῦς ἀγρία, Valonia oak, Quercus Aegilops, Thphr. HP 3.3.1, 3.8.2, etc.: freq. in Il. (not in Od.), Διὸς περικαλλέϊ φηγῷ Il. 5.693; φηγῷ ἐφʼ ὑψηλῆ . . Διός 7.60; ἡ παλαιὰ φ., of the oak of Dodona, S. Tr. 171, cf. Hes. Frr. 134.7, 212 (but δρῦς S. Tr. 1168).
• • II acorn of the same tree, Ar. Pax 1137 (lyr.), Pl. R. 372c, Theoc. l.c., D.Chr. 6.62. (Cf. Lat. fāgus ‘beech’, OE. bóc ‘beech’.)

φηγός, ἡ, ein Baum, der eine runde eßbare, der Eichel ähnliche Frucht trägt, quercus esculus, Hes. frg. 18, 39.7 ; also nicht eigtl. unsere Buche, die eine dreieckige Frucht hat, Theophr. u. A.; Soph. nennt Trach. 171 die dodonäische Eiche ἡ παλαιὰ φηγός, die 1158 δρῦς heißt. – Auch die eßbare Frucht des Baumes selbst ; Ar. Pax 1137 ; μύρτα καὶ φηγοὺς σποδιοῦσι πρὸς τὸ πῦρ Plat. Rep. II.372c.

φηγός

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The oak : φηγόν τε μελίην τε Il. 16.767.

Sacred to Zeus: εἷσαν ὑπὸ Διὸς φηγῷ Il. 5.693. Cf. Il. 7.60.

An oak near the Scaean gate forming a landmark : σκαιάς τε πύλας καὶ φηγόν Il. 6.237. Cf. Il. 7.22, Il. 9.354, Il. 11.170.

This seems to be referred to also in Il. 21.549.

φηγός (cf. fagus): a sort of oak with edible acorns. An ancient tree of this species was one of the landmarks on the Trojan plain, Il. 7.22, Il. 9.354. (Il.)

φηγός, φᾰγεῖν

• • Ia kind of oak, bearing an esculent acorn, quercus esculus, (not the Lat. fagus, our beech, though the names are identical), sacred to Ζεύς, Il., Soph.
  • IIthe acorn of the same tree, Ar.