μόσχος

English (LSJ)

(A), ὁ,

   A young shoot or twig, δίδη μόσχοισι λύγοισι (v. λύγος) Il.11.105, cf. Thphr.CP5.9.1; ὁ μ. τῶν φύλλων leaf-stalk, petiole, Dsc. 2.179, cf. 4.15,34.
μόσχος (B), ὁ, ἡ,

   A calf, young bull, which form the god Apis was believed to assume, Hdt.3.28, cf. 2.41, PCair.Zen.78.6 (iii B.C.), Sammelb. 6279.7 (iii B. C.): as fem., heifer, young cow, μόσχους ἀμέλγειν E.Cyc.389, cf. Ba.736; πεζαὶ μ., = ἑταῖραι, Eup.169; ᾄδειν ἐπὶ μόσχῳ for the prize of a calf (nisi leg. ἐπὶ Μόσχῳ), Ar.Ach.13.    2 metaph., boy, E.IA1623: as fem., girl, maid, Id.Hec.526, Andr.711, etc.    3 any young animal, Id.IT163, Ba.1185 (both lyr.); even of birds, μ. χελιδόνος Achae.47.    4 μ. θαλάσσιος seal, Edict.Diocl.8.37.
μόσχος (C), ὁ,

   A musk, Aët.1.131, Alex. Trall.12; interpol. in Dsc. Eup.1.145 (om. Wellmann). (Borrowed from Pers. mušk.)