καπνίας

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κοινὸν τύχη, γνώμη δὲ τῶν κεκτημένων → good luck is anyone's, judgment belongs only to those who possess it

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Transliteration A: kapnías Transliteration B: kapnias Transliteration C: kapnias Beta Code: kapni/as

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ, (καπνός)

   A smoky, nickname of the Comic poet Ecphantides, Sch.Ar.V.151.    II as Subst.,    1 κ. οἶνος, ὁ, expl. by Hsch., Phot. as wine that had a smoky taste from having been long hung up in smoke, Pherecr.130.6, Anaxandr.41.71 (anap.), Pl.Com. 244: perh. rather to be expld. as made from the vine κάπνειος.    2 κ. (sc. λίθος), ὁ, a kind of jasper, Dsc.5.142, Plin.HN37.118.