μήκων: Difference between revisions

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