Palm Tree Ornament

Ornamento de palmera tallada usado como decoración arquitectónica en el templo de Salomón y en el templo visionario de Ezequiel.

Palmera datilera — árbol alto y esbelto que da fruto y sombra, símbolo de belleza, victoria y vida floreciente

φοῖνιξ, ῑκος, ὁ, ἡ, Phoenician, Φοῖνιξ ἀνὴρ ἀπατήλια εἰδώς Refs 8th c.BC+ __2 feminine, γυνή Φοίνισσα Refs 8th c.BC+; Φοίνισσαι, name of plays by Euripides, Phrynichus, etc.; also Φ. ἐμπολά Refs 5th c.BC+; χθών, νᾶσος, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+; κώπη Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II Carthaginian, ἀλαλατός Refs 5th c.BC+ __B φοῖνιξ, ῑκος, ὁ, purple or crimson, because the discovery and earliest use of this colour was ascribed to the Phoenicians, Refs 8th c.BC+ —hence, __B.2 as adjective (feminine φοίνισσα Refs 5th c.BC+; φοῖνιξ as feminine, Refs 5th c.BC+, blood-bay, of a horse, Refs 8th c.BC+; of red cattle, φοίνισσα ἀγέλα Refs 5th c.BC+: of the colour of fire, φοίνισσα φλόξ Refs 5th c.BC+; πυρὸς φ. πνοά E.[same place]; also φ. ἱμάντες Refs 5th c.BC+ __B.II date-palm, Phoenix dactylifera, Refs 8th c.BC+: the male and female distinguished by Refs 5th c.BC+ __B.II.2 palm-frond, as a badge of victory, Arist Refs 3rd c.BC+ __B.II.3 date, Refs 5th c.BC+; compare φοινικοβάλανος. __B.III ὁ χαμαιρριφής dwarf-palm, Chamaerops humilis, Refs 4th c.BC+ __B.III.2 a Bactrian tree, Mazri palm, Nannorhops ritchieana, Refs __B.III.3 a sea-plant, Callophyllis laciniata, Refs __B.III.4 rye-grass, Lolium perenne, Refs 1st c.AD+ __B.IV a musical instrument, like a guitar, invented by the Phoenicians, Refs 5th c.BC+; but so called because made from the Delian palm, accusative to Refs __B.V the fabulous bird phoenix, Refs 8th c.BC+; but from India, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __B.VI an ornament, LXX __B.VII perfume prepared from the fronds of the date-palm, Refs 4th c.BC+ __B.VIII a fish, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __B.IX a bandage, Refs 1st c.AD+ __B.X ={εὐρύνοτος}, Refs __B.XI φ. ἐν ὁπλῇ, a disease of the hoof, Refs __B.XII an eye-salve, Refs 4th c.AD+