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λάχανον

λάχανον, garden-herbs, potherbs, vegetables, greens

λάχᾰνον [λᾰ], τό, mostly in pl.,
  • garden-herbs, opp. wild plants, vegetables, Cratin. 313, Epicr. 11.15, al., Pl. R. 372c, Thphr. HP 1.3.1, etc.; but also λ. ἄγρια Ar. Th. 456, Pl. 298: sg. is rarer, οὐδὲ λ. οὐδὲν . . ὁρῶ not a single herb, Cratin. 191; ὥστε μηδὲ λ. γενέσθαι ἐν τῷ κήπῳ D. 50.61; ἐν τῷ λ. τούτῳ, i.e. the lettuce, Eub. 14, cf. 54, Epicr. 11.25.
      • 2 in pl. also, the vegetable-market, Ar. Lys. 557, Alex. 46.8, Diph. 32.22.

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