δωράκινον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Latin dūracinum, nominative neuter singular of dūracinus (hard-berried).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δωράκινον (dōrákinonn (genitive δωρακίνου); second declension

  1. (Late Koine, Early Byzantine) a type of peach ("kingstone")
    • Geoponica, 3 1.4
    • Geoponica, 10 13.1

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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “δωράκινον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 363

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