poplar
poplar
subs.
Ar. and V. λεύκη, ἡ, V. αἴγειρος, ἡ (Soph. Frag.).
subs.
Ar. and V. λεύκη, ἡ, V. αἴγειρος, ἡ (Soph. Frag.).
POPLAR
populus -i feminine: of poplar populeus (Verg.); populnus (Plaut.); populneus (Calo).
populus -i feminine: of poplar populeus (Verg.); populnus (Plaut.); populneus (Calo).
poplar: pōpŭlus, i, f.: white, black, and African p., p. alba, nigra, Libyca, Plin. 16, 23, 35. Of p., populeus: e. g. a p. wreath, p. corona, Hor. Od. 1, 7, 23: also, populneus: Cato: Varr.
poplar
Poplar
- black poplar grows in Celtic land beside the Eridanus: Paus. 5.14.3
- black poplars in grove of Proserpine: Paus. 10.30.6
- white poplar brought to Greece from Thesprotis by Herakles: Paus. 5.14.2
- wood of white poplar used in sacrificing to Pelops and Zeus at Olympia: Paus. 5.13.3, Paus. 5.14.2
- colour of leaves of white poplar: Paus. 2.10.6
- Zeus of the White Poplar: Paus. 5.5.5