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|Definition=Dor., Arc. [[μάκων]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.7.157</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>5(2).514.16 (Lycosura, ii B. C.): μήκωνος, ἡ (ὁ Arist. (v. infr. 11.2), <span class="bibl">Polem.Hist.88</span>, <span class="bibl">Polyaen.8.6.1</span>):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[poppy]], esp. [[opium poppy]], [[Papaver somniferum]], μήκων δ' ἑτέρωσε κάρη βάλεν ἐνὶ κήπῳ <span class="bibl">Il.8.306</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>160</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.12.2</span> ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]), Theoc.l.c.; <b class="b3">μάκωνσι λευκαῖς</b> <span class="title">IG</span>l.c.; μήκων [[ἥμερος]], κηπευτή, Dsc. 4.64, Gal.6.548; [[μήκων Ἡρακλεία]] = [[frothy poppy]], [[Silene venosa]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span> 9.12.5</span>; μ. ἀφρώδης Dsc.4.66; [[μήκων κερατῖτις]] = [[horned poppy]], [[Glaucium flavum]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.12.3</span>, Dsc.4.65 (but = [[λεοντοπέταλον]], Ps.-Dsc. 3.96); [[μήκων μέλαινα]] = [[corn poppy]], [[Papaver rhoeas]], [[common poppy]], [[corn rose]], [[field poppy]], [[Flanders poppy]], [[red poppy]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.11.9</span>, Dsc. 4.64 ([[μέλας]] Ps.-Dsc.ibid.); [[μήκων ῥοιάς]] = [[Papaver hybridum]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.12.4</span>, Dsc.4.63; [[μήκων ἀγρία]] = [[μήκων μέλαινα]], ib.64; [[μήκων ἀγριωτέρα]] = [[windrose]], [[Papaver argemone]], ibid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> a single [[poppy]]-[[seed]], <span class="bibl">Archim.<span class="title">Aren.</span>2.4</span>; collectively, μήκων ἁδρά <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>2.192</span>; μήκων μεμελιτωμένη <span class="bibl">Th.4.26</span>; [[ὀπὸς μήκωνος]] = [[opium]], Asclep. ap. Gal.14.138, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[poppy]]-[[head]], <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>4.8.10</span>: as an architectural ornament, <span class="bibl">Paus.5.20.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[mecon]], [[quasi-liver]] of [[testaceous]] [[animal]]s (ὀστρακηρά), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>530a15</span>, <span class="bibl">547a16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[ink bag of the cuttlefish]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>334</span> (masc.), Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>ap.Suid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> a [[metallic]] [[sand]], <span class="bibl">Poll.7.100</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[the part of the ear at the root under the lobe]], <span class="bibl">Id.2.86</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> [[μήκων ἀφρώδης]] = [[πέπλος]], [[spurge]], Dsc.4.167; so [[μήκων]] alone, as a purgative, freq. in <span class="bibl">Hp., <span class="title">Mul.</span>2.124</span>, <span class="bibl">192</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Morb.</span>3.16</span>; ὀπὸς μήκωνος <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mul.</span>2.201</span>; [[μήκων]] alone, = [[τιθυμαλλίς]], Dsc.4.164. (Etym. dub.; OHG. māgo, Germ. [[Mohn]], OSlav. makû are prob. borrowed.)</span>