κνῆκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Thphr.''HP''6.4.5, ''PCair.Zen.''223.4 (iii B.C.), ''PRev.Laws'' (v. infr.), but ὁ Thphr.''HP''1.13.3, ''CP''5.18.4, Dsc. (v. infr.), Gal.6.354, al.:—also [[κνήκη]], ἡ, Sch.Theoc.3.5, 7.16 codd.:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[safflower]], [[Carthamus tinctorius]], Hp.''Acut.''64, ''Vict.''2.54, Diocl.Fr.140, Anaxandr. 41.56, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''550b27, Thphr.''HP''6.1.3, ''PRev.Laws'' 39.5, al. (iii B.C.), Dsc.4.188, Asclep. ap. Gal.''Nat.Fac.''1.13.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[κνῆκος ἀγρία]] ([[κνῆκος ἄγριος]] Dsc.3.93), of two kinds, [[Carthamus leucocaulos]] and [[blessed thistle]], [[Cnicus benedictus]], Thphr.''HP''6.4.5; <b class="b3">πώγωνι θάλλων ὡς τράγος κνήκῳ χλιδᾷς</b> you are as [[wanton]] as a [[goat]] [[surfeit]]ed with [[thistle]]s, S.''Ichn.''358 ([[nisi legendum|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.''CP''6.9.3, Gal. ll. cc., 11.612, etc., but always κνηκ- in Papyri, exc. S.''Ichn.'' [[l.c.]]; prob. named from its colour, cf. sq.)