κυάνεος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, contr. [[κυανοῦς]], [[κυανῆ]], οῦν Pl.''Ti.''68c, etc., prob. in A.''Pers.''81 (lyr.), Euph.51.7 (cf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[κύανος]] II):—made of [[cyanos]] ([[κύανος]]) ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), [[κάπετος]] Il.18.564; δράκοντες 11.26, cf. 39, Hes.''Sc.''167.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of the colour of [[cyanos]], [[dark-blue]], [[glossy]], of the [[swallow]], Simon.74; of the [[halcyon]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''616a15; of the [[skin]] of the [[porpoise]], ib.566b12; of the [[deep]] [[sea]], E.''IT''7, cf. Arist.''Pr.'' 932a31; πόντου κ. δῖναι Xenarch.1.7; κ. [[χρῶμα]] Pl.l.c.; τὸ κ. ἐξ ἰσάτιδος καὶ πυρώδους [[Theophrastus]] ''Sens.''77.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[dark]], [[black]], of the mourning veil of Thetis, Il.24.94; of clouds, 5.345, 20.418, Od.12.75; of the brows of [[Zeus]], Il.1.528; χαῖται 22.402; γενειάδες Od.16.176; [[ἄνδρες]], of [[African]]s, Hes.''Op.''527; [[γαῖα]] ψάμμῳ κυανέη (of the [[bottom]] of [[Charybdis]]) Od.12.243; κυανέα [[χθών]], of [[Delos]], τηλέφαντον κυανέας χθονὸς ἄστρον = far-shining [[star]] of the [[blue]] [[land]] Pi.''Fr.''87.4; Φερσεφόνας κυάνεος [[θάλαμος]], of the [[dark]] [[chamber]] of [[Persephone]], Sapph.119; [[φάλαγγες κυάνεαι]] = [[dark]] [[mass]]es of [[warrior]]s, Il.4.282; κυάνεον Τρώων [[νέφος]] 16.66: metaph., Κῆρες κ. Hes.''Sc.''249; κ. [[δνόφος]] Simon.37.8; [[λόχμα]] Pi.''O.''6.40; [[Ἄιδης]] ''IG''14.1389ii25. [ῡ, metri gr., in [[dactylic]] [[verse]], Hom., etc.]