σταφυλή

English (LSJ)

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   A bunch of grapes, σταφυλῇσι μέγα βρίθουσαν ἀλωήν Il.18.561; ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα τεθήλει δὲ σταφυλῇσι Od.5.69, cf. 7.121; σταφυλαὶ παντοῖαι 24.343, cf. Pl.Lg.844e, Apoc.14.18; Πυρναίαις σ. Theoc.1.46; of ripe, fresh grapes, opp. ὄμφαξ on the one hand, and σταφίς on the other, AP5.303: collectively in sg., PPetr.3p.60 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.300.14 (iii B.C.), POxy.116.18 (ii A.D.), etc.    2 σ. ἀγρία,= μήλωθρον 1, Thphr.HP3.18.11, Plin.HN23.21.    II uvula when swollen at the end so as to resemble a grape on the stalk, Hp. Prog.23, Nicopho 28, Arist.HA493a3; of the uvula generally, Archig. ap.Gal.12.969,974; inflammation of the uvula, IG42(1).126.30 (Epid, ii A.D.), Gal.7.731 (pl.).    III parox. σταφύλη, plummet of a level, ἵπποι . . σταφύλῃ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἔϊσαι horses equal in height even by the level, matched to a nicety, Il.2.765, cf. Call.Fr.159, Hsch., EM742.44.