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ὄα

ὄα, service-tree, Sorbus domestica

ὄα2, hem

ὄα (A), ἡ,
  • service-tree, Sorbus domestica, Thphr., etc.: ὄα in Hsch., but codd. of Thphr. have ὄη in HP 2.2.10; ὄα in 2.7.7; ὄη in 3.12.9, 3.15.4, CP 3.1.4; οὔα in HP 3.6.5.
    • II its fruit was ὄον, τό, sorb-apple, or service-berry, which was split and pickled for use, Pl. Smp. 190d, Dsc. 1.120:—in Pl. l.c. codd. have ὠϊά, ὠά, and in Dsc. οὖα, which latter form also occurs in Hp. Vict. 2.55, Thphr. HP 3.2.1, CP 2.8.2; ὄη τὸ δένδρον, ἧς ὁ καρπὸς ὄα καλεῖται, ὑπὸ δὲ τῶν πολλῶν οὖα Gal. 12.87.
ὄα (B) or ὀά, ἡ,=ὤα,
  • hem or border, A. Fr. 280A, Ar. Fr. 228; σινδόνας . . αἳ ὄας ἔχουσιν prob. in CIG 2860ii7 (Didyma), cf. Poll. 7.62, Ael.Dion. Fr. 266.
    • II sheep-skin, v. ᾤα.

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