ἰοδνεφής
From LSJ
εἰ γάρ κεν καὶ σμικρὸν ἐπὶ σμικρῷ καταθεῖο καὶ θαμὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἔρδοις, τάχα κεν μέγα καὶ τὸ γένοιτο → for if you add only a little to a little and do this often, soon that little will become great (Hesiod W&D, 361-362)
English (LSJ)
ές, (δνόφος)
A dark as the flower ἴον (v. ἴον 1v), purple-dark, εἶρος Od.4.135,9.426.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1255] ές, veilchen-, d. i. dunkelfarbig, εἶρος Od. 4, 135. 9, 426; Hesych. μέλαν, οἱ δὲ πορφυρίζον.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἰοδνεφής: -ές, (δνόφος) ἔχων χρῶμα σκοτεινὸν ὡς τὸ ἴον (ἴδε ἴον IV), «τὸ μέλαν ἢ πορφυροῦν, ἢ τὸ λεγόμενον κατὰ τοὺς παλαιοὺς ἰάνθινον» (Εὐστ.), ἰοδνεφὲς εἶρος ἔχουσα Ὀδ. Δ. 135, Ι. 426.
