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ἡ λέξις τῆς ἑβδομάδος (μδ’) – Ancient Greek Word of the Week (44)

June 3, 2022 by Jenny

τὸ δένδρον, –ου – a tree.

The „Word of the Week“ will be switching from animals to plants now, and we start with the most basic plant word there probably is: τὸ δένδρον, -ου – a tree. The illustration for this word is taken form Hieronymus Bock’s gorgeous „Kreüter Bůch“ (Strasbourg, 1546) (https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/09/29/a-german-botanical-renaissance/).

τί δὲ λέγει ὁ ὄφις τῷ κρανίῳ;

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