ăphăca, ae, f., = ἀφάκη.
I A kind of pulse , field or chick-pea : Lathyrus aphaca, Linn.; Plin. 27, 5, 21, § 38.—
II A wild plant , the common dandelion : Leontodon taraxacum, Linn.; Plin. 21, 15, 52, § 89.
A´PHACA(Ἄφακα: Afka), a town of Syria, midway between Heliopolis and Byblus. (Zosim. 1.58.) In the n...
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