λοφνίς
From LSJ
Ὑπὸ γὰρ λόγων ὁ νοῦς μετεωρίζεται ἐπαίρεταί τ' ἄνθρωπος → Borne up by words, the mind soars aloft, and we reach the heights (Aristophanes, Birds 1447f.)
English (LSJ)
ίδος, ἡ,
A torch made of vine bark, in pl., AP11.20 (Antip. Thess.), Lyc.48:—also λοφνία, Clitarch. Gloss. ap. Ath.15.701a, cf. Ath.15.699d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λοφνίς: -ίδος, ἡ λαμπὰς ἐκ τοῦ φλοιοῦ τῆς ἀμπέλου, Ἀνθ. Π. 11. 20, Λυκόφρ. 48, Κλείταρχ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 701 Α· ὡσαύτως λοφνία, πρβλ. 699D. (Πιθαν. ἐκ τοῦ λέπω).
