κίσθος
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
(Dsc. (v. infr.), Hsch.) or κισθός, ὁ,
A rock-rose, Eup.14.5, Mnesim.4.63 (anap.), prob.l.for κισσός in Thphr.HP6.1.4, 6.2.1,2; κ. ἄρρην, = Cistus villosus, κ. θῆλυς, = C. salvifolius, Dsc.1.97: κίστος, Hp.Liqu.5, Gal.12.27:—Dsc.l.c.sq. distinguishes the species κίσθαρος or κίσσαρος from λῆδον, cf. Gal.12.28.
