κνῆκος

English (LSJ)

ἡ, Thphr.HP6.4.5, PCair.Zen.223.4 (iii B.C.), PRev.Laws (v. infr.), but ὁ Thphr.HP1.13.3, CP5.18.4, Dsc. (v. infr.), Gal.6.354, al.:—also κνήκη, ἡ, Sch.Theoc.3.5, 7.16 codd.:—

   A safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, Hp.Acut.64, Vict.2.54, Diocl.Fr.140, Anaxandr. 41.56, Arist.HA550b27, Thphr.HP6.1.3, PRev.Laws 39.5, al. (iii B.C.), Dsc.4.188, Asclep. ap. Gal.Nat.Fac.1.13.    II κ. ἀγρία (ἄγριος Dsc.3.93), of two kinds, Carthamus leucocaulos and blessed thistle, Cnicus benedictus, Thphr.HP6.4.5; πώγωνι θάλλων ὡς τράγος κνήκῳ χλιδᾷς you are as wanton as a goat surfeited with thistles, S.Ichn.358 (nisi leg. κνηκῷ 'you swagger with your yellow (cf. sq.) beard': κνικωι Pap.). (Freq. written κνίκος or κνῖκος in codd., as Arist.l.c., Thphr.CP6.9.3, Gal. ll. cc., 11.612, etc., but always κνηκ- in Papyri, exc. S.Ichn. l.c.; prob. named from its colour, cf. sq.)