ἰάνθινος
From LSJ
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
η, ον, (ἴον, ἄνθος)
A violet-coloured, ἱμάτιον Str.15.3.19, cf. Plin.HN21.27, Aq., Sm.Ex.25.5:—Subst. ἴανθος, ὁ, or ἴανθον, τό,= ἴον, Hsch., Theognost.Can.18.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1233] violetfarbig, Plin. H. N. 21, 6.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰάνθῐνος: -η, -ον, (ἴον, ἄνθος) ἔχων τὸ χρῶμα τοῦ ἴου, παρὰ Πλιν. οὐσιαστ. ἴανθος, ὁ, ἢ ἴανθον, τό, = ἴον, «ἴανθον· ἄνθος, καὶ χρῶμά τι πορφυροειδές» Ἡσύχ., Θεογνώστου Κανόνες 18. 2.
