A.= κάππαρις, Dsc.2.173.
II. foliage, leaf-buds or twigs, esp. of the olive, Thphr.CP5.1.3 (cod. Urb.), Ath.11.459, Dsc. 5.75 (v.l. in 2.70), Antyll. ap. Orib.10.23.20, Aët.6.29: pl., Thphr. CP1.20.3 (θαλλίας cod. Urb., θαλείας vulg. as in 3.5.1 (sg.), Porph. Antr.33); in codd. sts. θαλία, as Thphr.HP2.2.12, 2.3.3, v.l. in CP 5.1.3; “βάτου θαλία” Sor.2.41.