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St Basil the Great, NPNF II.8

13. Letter 13: To Olympius

As all the fruits of the season come to us in their proper time, flowers in spring, corn in summer, and apples2 in autumn, so the fruit for winter is talk.

Notes

  1. Placed with the preceding.
  2. μῆλον. But, like the Latin malum, this word served for more than we mean by “apple.” So the malum Cydonium was quince, the malum Persicum, peach, etc.

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