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