φαγεῖν
Validation
Yes
Word-lemma
Word-form
φηγός
Transliteration (Word)
phēgos
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Etymon)
phagein
Century
1 BC - 1 AD
Reference
Fr. 146
Edition
S. Neitzel, Die Fragmente des Grammatikers Dionysios Thrax. Die Fragmente der Grammatiker Tyrannion und Diokles. Apions Glossai Homerikai, Berlin, 1977
Source
Apollonius Sophista
Ref.
Lexicon homericum p. 162
Ed.
I. Bekker, Apollonii Sophistae lexicon Homericum, Berlin, 1833
Quotation
φηγός· ἡ δρῦς ... ὁ δὲ ᾿Απίων ἐτυμολογῶν παρὰ τὸ φαγεῖν φαίνεται, ἐπεὶ πρὸ τῆς εὑρέσεως τῶν Δημητριακῶν καρπῶν ἐβαλανοφάγουν
