kotinos
English translation: wild olive tree
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wild olive tree Explanation: "Kotinos" means a "wild olive tree". If you look up "olive" in LSJ on the Perseus site (see ref. 2), you'll find as many as 77 different Greek words denoting olive tree/branch/oil. More precisely, "kotinos" denotes a branch of wild olive tree used for crowning the Olympics winners. See also "The Ancient Olympics" at http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/consortium/ancientolympics8.html HTH Branka Reference: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/lexindex?lookup=ko/tino... Reference: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/enggreek?lang=greek&loo... |
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