Ἄδωνις

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ιδος (also ιος Pherecr.198), ὁ, Adonis,

   A ὦ τὸν Ἄδωνιν Sapph.63; Ἀδώνι' ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄ. κλάομεν Pherecr.170; ὥδωνις, i.e. ὁ Ἄ., Theoc.3.47:—hence, generally, favourite, darling, δεῖ Ἀδώνιδας αὐτοὺς ἀκούειν Luc.Merc.Cond.35, cf. Alciphr.1.39, AP5.112 (Marc.Arg.).    2 Ἀδώνιδος κῆποι cuttings planted in pots for the Adonia, Pl.Phdr.276b, Thphr.HP6.7.3, cf. Theoc.15.113: prov., of any short-lived pleasure, Sch.Pl.l.c.    3 αὐλὴ Ἀδώνιδος, at Rome, garden on the Palatine, Philostr.VA7.32.    II kind of flying-fish, = ἐξώκοιτος, Clearch.73, Opp.H. 1.157, etc.    III Adonis-flower, Anemone fulgens, Aus.Idyll.6.11.