ἐρνώδης
From LSJ
Ὥσπερ οἱ ἐρωτικοὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν αἰσθήσει καλῶν ὁδῷ προϊόντες ἐπ' αὐτὴν καταντῶσι τὴν μίαν τῶν καλῶν πάντων καὶ νοητῶν ἀρχήν → Just as lovers systematically leave behind what is fair to sensation and attain the one true source of all that is fair and intelligible
English (LSJ)
ες, like a young sprout, Dsc.1Praef.8, Gp.10.22.5 (Sup.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1033] ες, einem jungen Schößling ähnlich, κλάδοι ἐρνωδέστατοι Geop.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐρνώδης: -ες, (εἶδος), ὅμοιος πρὸς νεαρόν, τρυφερὸν βλαστόν, Γεωπ. 10. 22, 5.