νέκταρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ᾰρος, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[nectar]], the specific nourishment of the gods; [[ἀμβροσία]] (q.v.) and [[ν]]. are differentiated in early Ep. as food and drink, <span class="bibl">Od. 5.93</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Cer.</span>49</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Ap.</span>10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>247e</span>: but conversely, ν. ἔδμεναι <span class="bibl">Alcm.100</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.57</span>; <b class="b3">κέρασσε δὲ ν. ἐρυθρόν</b> Od.l.c.; Ἥβη ν. ἐῳνοχόει <span class="bibl">Il.4.3</span>; <b class="b3">νέκταρος ἀπορρώξ</b>, of choice wine, <span class="bibl">Od.9.359</span>; ν. ἀμβροσίην τε στάξον <span class="bibl">Il.19.347</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">38</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.63</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> later, of [[wine]], <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>115</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>44</span>, Eudem.Med. ap. Gal.14.185. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> called [[σαρράν]] and [[χαλβάνη]], 1 <span class="title">Enoch</span>31.1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b3">ν. μελισσᾶν</b>, i.e. honey, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>143</span> (lyr.); αἰθερίου πτηναὶ νέκταρος ἐργάτιδες <span class="title">AP</span>9.404 (Antiphil.), cf. <span class="bibl">6.239</span> (Apollonid.); also, of [[perfumed unguent]], ib.<span class="bibl">6.275</span> (Noss.); of an ode, ν. χυτόν, Μοισᾶν δόσιν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.7</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Parth.</span>2.76</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>4.1.36 (Mel.); <b class="b3">ν. ἐναρμόνιον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">7.29</span> (Antip. Sid.).</span>