ὑάκινθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">I</span> ὁ, ''Il.'' 14.348, Paus. 1.35.4; but ἡ in Sappho 94, Thphr. ''HP'' 6.8.2, Theoc., etc. (v. infr.): — [[wild hyacinth]], [[bluebell]], [[Scilla bifolia]], ''Il. l.c., h.Cer.'' 7, Thphr. ''HP'' 6.8.1, Dsc. 4.62.<br><b class="num">2</b> [[blue larkspur]], [[Delphinium ajacis]], ὑάκινθος [[σπαρτή]] Thphr. ''HP'' 6.8.2; said to have sprung up from the blood of Hyacinthus or (acc. to others) of [[Telamonian]] [[Ajax]]; and the ancients thought they could decipher on the petals the initial letters AI, or the interj. AIAI, cf. Mosch. 3.6; hence the epithets [[γραπτά]] Theoc. 10.28; [[αἰαστής]] Nic. ''Fr.'' 74.31; [[πολύθρηνος]] Id. ''Th.'' 902; [[πολύκλαυτος]] IG 14.607; cf. Ps.-Dsc. 3.73.<br><b class="num">3</b> ὑάκινθος [[πορφυρέη]], prob. [[Lilium martagon]], Euph. 40, ''AP'' 5.146 (Mel.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ὑάκινθος]], ἡ Hld., ὁ Ph. and J.; — a [[precious]] [[stone]], of [[blue]] colour (J. ''AJ'' 3.7.7), perhaps [[aquamarine]], Apoc. 21.20, ''Peripl. M.Rubr.'' 56, Luc. ''Syr. D.'' 32, Hld. 2.30, ''Cod.Just.'' 11.12.1, etc.; cf. Plin. ''HN'' 37.125.<br><span class="bld">III</span> name of a [[blue]] [[colour]], J. ''AJ'' 3.6.1, PHolm. 17.3; [[blue stuff]], [[LXX]] Ex. 28.8, Ph. 2.148, J. ''BJ'' 5.55.4; [[χιτώνια]] τὴν χροιὰν [[ὑακίνθου]] Arr. ''Tact.'' 34.6.