γλαυκός
οὐχὶ σοῦσθ'; οὐκ ἐς κόρακας; οὐκ ἄπιτε; παῖε τῷ ξύλῳ → You will not go? The plague seize you! Will you not clear off? Hit them with your stick!
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, orig. without any notion of colour,
A gleaming (cf. γλαύσσω, γλαυσός), once in Hom., γλαυκὴ δέ σε τίκτε θάλασσα Il.16.34 (hence γλαυκὴ δυσπέμφελος, = the sea, Hes. Th.440): so in Trag. (not A.), γ. λίμνα S.Fr.371,476; ἅλς E.Cyc.16; οἶδμα Id.Hel.1501 (lyr.); later γ. σελάνα Mesom.Sol.21; πλήθοντα πυρὸς γλαυκοῖο σελήνη Tryph.514; ἀστέρες Him.Ecl.13.37; γ. ἠώς Theoc.16.5; also γ. δράκων Pi.O.8.37 (expld. by Sch.as, = γλαύκωψ, γλαυκῶπις). II later, of colour (κυανοῦς λευκῷ κεραννύμενος Pl.Ti.68c; cf. γλαυκότερον κυάνοιο φαείνεται Hegesianax 1), bluish green or grey, of the olive, S.OC701, E.IT1101, Tr.802 (all lyr.), etc.; of the elder, Emp.93; ὀπώρα, of grapes, S.Tr.703; of vine leaves, AP9.87 (Marc. Arg.); of the beryl and topaz, D.P.1119 sq.; μάραγδος Nonn.D.5.178. 2 freq. of the eye, light blue, grey, opp. μέλας, χαροπός, Arist.GA779b13, HA492a3, cf. Paus.1.14.6; ἔθνος γ. ἰσχυρῶς καὶ πυρρόν Hdt.4.108, cf. Hp.Aër.14, Arist.Pr.892a3, etc.; γ. Ἀθάνα E.Heracl.754 (lyr.), Theoc.28.1, cf. Plot.4.4.19; cf. γλαυκῶπις: —this colour was not admired, Luc.DMeretr.2.1, Philostr. VA7.42.
