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|lshtext=<b>Hyăcinthus</b>: or -os, i, m., = [[Ὑάκινθος]] | |lshtext=<b>Hyăcinthus</b>: or -os, i, m., = [[Ὑάκινθος]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[beautiful]] Spartan [[youth]], [[son]] of Œbalus, [[beloved]] by [[Apollo]], and [[accidentally]] killed by a [[blow]] of his [[quoit]]; from his [[blood]] sprang the [[flower]] of the [[same]] [[name]], marked [[with]] the [[exclamation]] AI, Ov. M. 10, 162 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 272; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Serv. Verg. E. 3, 63.—Plur.: sed [[gladiator]] erat; facit hoc illos Hyacinthos, i. e. as [[beautiful]] as [[Hyacinthus]], Juv. 6, 110.—<br /> <b>B</b> Hyăcinthĭa, ōrum, n., the [[festival]] in [[honor]] of [[Hyacinthus]], in [[Sparta]], Ov. M. 10, 219.—<br /><b>II</b> Hence, hyăcinthus or -os, i, m., the hyacinth, not, [[however]], [[our]] hyacinth, [[but]] [[either]] the [[blue]] iris or fleur-delis, [[Iris]] Germanica, Linn.; the [[corn]]-[[flag]] or [[gladiolus]], Gladiolus [[communis]], Linn.; or the rocket larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, Linn.; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Verg. E. 3, 63; 6, 53; id. G. 4, 183; id. A. 11, 69; Col. poët. 10,100.—Hence,<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., f., a [[precious]] [[stone]] of the [[color]] of a hyacinth (perh. [[our]] sapphire or a [[dark]]-colored amethyst), Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125 sq.; Vulg. Exod. 25, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2510. | ||
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Revision as of 09:30, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Ὑάκινθος, ὁ.
Feast of Hyacinthus: Ὑακίνθια, τά.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Hyăcinthus: or -os, i, m., = Ὑάκινθος,
I a beautiful Spartan youth, son of Œbalus, beloved by Apollo, and accidentally killed by a blow of his quoit; from his blood sprang the flower of the same name, marked with the exclamation AI, Ov. M. 10, 162 sq.; Hyg. Fab. 272; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Serv. Verg. E. 3, 63.—Plur.: sed gladiator erat; facit hoc illos Hyacinthos, i. e. as beautiful as Hyacinthus, Juv. 6, 110.—
B Hyăcinthĭa, ōrum, n., the festival in honor of Hyacinthus, in Sparta, Ov. M. 10, 219.—
II Hence, hyăcinthus or -os, i, m., the hyacinth, not, however, our hyacinth, but either the blue iris or fleur-delis, Iris Germanica, Linn.; the corn-flag or gladiolus, Gladiolus communis, Linn.; or the rocket larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, Linn.; Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 66; Verg. E. 3, 63; 6, 53; id. G. 4, 183; id. A. 11, 69; Col. poët. 10,100.—Hence,
B Transf., f., a precious stone of the color of a hyacinth (perh. our sapphire or a dark-colored amethyst), Plin. 37, 9, 41, § 125 sq.; Vulg. Exod. 25, 4; Inscr. Orell. 2510.
