φηγός

phegos

Valonia oak, Quercus Aegilops

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 8
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Book 5 1
Chapter ?

5693
Book 6 1
Chapter ?

6237
Book 7 2
Chapter ?

722
760
Book 9 1
Chapter ?

9354
Book 11 1
Chapter ?

11170
Book 16 1
Chapter ?

16767
Book 21 1
Chapter ?

21549

Dictionary (LSJ)

φηγός, Dor. φᾱγός Theoc. 9.20, ἡ, A. = 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’.)

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