κύανος: Difference between revisions

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