hyacinthus

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Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

(2) hўăcinthus (-thŏs), ī, m. (ὑάκινθος), hyacinthe [probablt le lis martagon] : Virg. G. 4, 183 ; Plin. 21, 66 || sorte d’améthyste : Plin. 37, 125.

Latin > German (Georges)

(2) hyacinthus2, ī, m. u. (b. Plin.) f. (ὑάκινθος), I) eine Blume (vgl. 1. Hyacinthus), die Hyazinthe der Alten (nicht die unsere), entw. die violettblaue Schwertlilie (Iris germanica. L.) od. der Garten-Rittersporn (Delphinium Aiacis, L.), rein lat. vaccinium, Plin. 21, 34 u. 66. Col. 9, 4. 4. Verg. ecl. 3, 63 u. georg. 4, 183. Vgl. (ausführl.) Voß Verg. georg. 4, 137. p. 779 sqq. – II) übtr.: 1) ein hyazinthenfarbiger Edelstein, ein dunkler Amethyst, Plin. 37, 125 u. 126. Solin. 30, 32. Claud. nupt. Hon. et Mar. 88. Capit. Maximin. 1, 8 u. 27, 8. Hieron. epist. 130, 7. Vulg. cant. cantic. 5, 14 u. apoc. 21, 20. Corp. inscr. Lat. 2, 3386. – 2) hyazinthenfarbige (violett-blaue) Seide, gew. neben purpura, Vulg. exod. 25, 4; 26, 1 u. ö.

Latin > English

hyacinthus hyacinthi N M :: iris; (prob. not hyacinth); sapphire; blue-dyed cloth (Souter)