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Defela Stephanus pro defle scripsit.


Apparatus:

Defela | Defola f {'e' misread as 'o'}

defle {d’fle p) ABC fjp | delfe ms. e {metathesis of 'f' and 'l'}}


Translation:

Stephanus writes defela for Arabic defle {"oleander"}.


Commentary:

Wehr (1976): ﺩﻓﻠﻰ /diflā/ "oleander, (Nerium oleander L.; bot.)". For further information see Defle.

Stephanus in his Breviarium writes: Rodo daphni … defela [[1]].

See also: Defle, Nereo


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