κύανος

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], ὁ (later ἡ, v. infr. 1.3, 7),

   A dark-blue enamel, esp. used to adorn armour, δέκα οἶμοι μέλανος κυάνοιο Il.11.24, cf. 35; πτύχες κυάνου Hes.Sc.143; also θριγκὸς κυάνοιο, of a cornice, Od.7.87; so perh. in IG12.367.7, 42(1).102.244 (Epid.).    2 lapis lazuli, κ. αὐτοφυής (opp. σκευαστός) Thphr.Lap.39, al., Dsc.5.91, etc. (perh. also in Pl.Phd.113c); κ. ἄρρην, θῆλυς, Thphr.Lap.31: also an imitation made in Egypt, ib.55.    3 blue copper carbonate, Hp.Cord.2, Gal.12.233 (ὁ and ἡ), Luc.Lex.22; βαπτὴ κ. AP6.229 (Crin.).    4 blue cornflower, Plin.HN21.68.    5 a bird, perh. blue thrush, Turdus cyanus, Arist.HA617a23, Ael.NA4.59.    6 sea-water, Hsch.    7 fem., the colour blue, Alex.Aphr.in Mete.162.4.    II as Adj., = κυάνεος, Nic.Th.438 (unless κυανός as in Phlp.in GC23.11, codd. Pl.l.c.): Comp. -ώτερος Anacreont.16.11: Sup. -ώτατος Philostr. Im.1.6. [ῡ in dactylic verses, metri gr., cf. κυάνεος, etc.]