κύανος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ὁ (later ἡ, v. infr. <span class="bibl">1.3</span>, <span class="bibl">7</span>), <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">dark-blue enamel</b>, esp. used to adorn armour, δέκα οἶμοι μέλανος κυάνοιο <span class="bibl">Il.11.24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">35</span>; πτύχες κυάνου <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Sc.</span>143</span>; also <b class="b3">θριγκὸς κυάνοιο</b>, of a cornice, <span class="bibl">Od.7.87</span>; so perh. in <span class="title">IG</span>12.367.7, 42(1).102.244 (Epid.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[lapis lazuli]], <b class="b3">κ. αὐτοφυής</b> (opp. <b class="b3">σκευαστός</b>) <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>39</span>, al., Dsc.5.91, etc. (perh. also in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>113c</span>); <b class="b3">κ. ἄρρην, θῆλυς</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>31</span>: also an imitation made in Egypt, ib.<span class="bibl">55</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">blue copper carbonate</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Cord.</span>2</span>, Gal.12.233 (ὁ and ἡ), <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>22</span>; βαπτὴ κ. <span class="title">AP</span>6.229 (Crin.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[blue cornflower]], <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>21.68</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> a bird, perh. <b class="b2">blue thrush, Turdus cyanus</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>617a23</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>4.59</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">sea-water</b>, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> fem., <b class="b2">the colour blue</b>, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">in Mete.</span>162.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Adj., = [[κυάνεος]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>438</span> (unless <b class="b3">κυανός</b> as in <span class="bibl">Phlp.<span class="title">in GC</span>23.11</span>, codd. Pl.l.c.): Comp. -ώτερος <span class="title">Anacreont.</span>16.11: Sup. -ώτατος <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">Im.</span>1.6</span>. [ῡ in dactylic verses, metri gr., cf. [[κυάνεος]], etc.]</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">name of a dark-blue substance, enamel, lapis lazuli, blue copper carbonate</b> (Il.); also name of a bird (Arist., Ael.; s. Thompson Birds s. v.) and a plant, [[blue cornflower]] (Plin.);<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[kuwano]].<br />Compounds: Often as 1. member, e.g. <b class="b3">κυανό-πρῳρος</b> <b class="b2">with dark-blue prow</b> (Hom., B.; <b class="b3">-πρῴρειος</b> metr. lengthening at verse-end, Risch 120), <b class="b3">-χαίτης</b> <b class="b2">with dark hair</b> (Hom.; Risch Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 389 ff.), <b class="b3">-πεπλος</b> <b class="b2">with dark cloth</b> (h. Cer., Hes.; Treu Von Homer zur Lyrik 244).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κυάνεος</b> (<b class="b3">υ</b> metr. length.) <b class="b2">made of κ.</b>, usu. <b class="b2">dark-blue</b> (Il.; on the meaning Capelle RhM 101, 10 a. 35).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: As Anat. LW [loanword] identical with Hitt. <b class="b2">kuu̯anna(n</b>)- <b class="b2">copper(blue), ornamental stone</b> (Friedrich Wb. after Götze). Cf. Danka and Witczak. IES 25 (1997) from <b class="b2">*ḱwm̥Hos</b>.