φελλόδρυς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φελλός (phellós, “cork oak”) +‎ δρῦς (drûs, “oak”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰel.ló.dryːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰelˈlo.drys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸelˈlo.ðrys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /felˈlo.ðrys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /feˈlo.ðris/

Noun

φελλόδρῡς • (phellódrūs) f (genitive φελλόδρῠος); third declension

holm oak (Quercus ilex)
Synonyms: πρῖνος (prînos), σμῖλαξ (smîlax)

References

“φελλόδρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
φελλόδρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

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