οἰνάνθη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[οἴνη]] A) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">inflorescence of the grape-vine</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1320</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.14.8</span>, etc. ; = [[ἡ πρώτη ἔκφυσις τῆς σταφυλῆς]], Suid. ; also, <b class="b2">of the wild vine, Vitis silvestris</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>5.9.6</span>, Dsc.1.46,5.4, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>12.132</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>5.51 ; [[bloom on the grape]], metaph., <b class="b3">γένυσι φαίνων τέρειναν ματέρ' οἰνάνθας ὀπώραν</b> the time of ripeness which softly brings forth the [[grape-bloom]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>5.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Chaerem.12</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in Poets, generally, [[vine]], χλωρὸν οἰνάνθης δέμας <span class="bibl">S. <span class="title">Fr.</span>255.4</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>231</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>588</span> ; Λεσβίης νέκταρ οἰνάνθης <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>115</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[Dropwort]], [[Spiraea Filipendula]], a plant with a smell like the vine, <span class="bibl">Cratin.98</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>549b33</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.8.1</span>, Dsc.3.120, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>21.65</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> a bird, perh. [[wheat-ear]], [[Saxicola oenanthe]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>633a15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[a salve]], Asclep. ap. Gal.13.540, cf. 10.550.</span>