κισσός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. κιττός, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">ivy, Hedera Helix</b>, of three kinds, two <b class="b2">climbing</b> (<b class="b3">μέλας</b> and <b class="b3">λευκός</b>), and one <b class="b2">creeping</b> (also called <b class="b3">ἕλιξ</b>), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span> 3.18.6</span>, cf. Dsc.2.179, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Bacch.</span>40</span>; ἀτενής <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>826</span> (lyr.); κισσοῦ στέφανος <span class="title">OGl</span>49.7 (Egypt, iii B.C.); sacred to Dionysus, κισσῷ . . στεφανωθεὶς Διόνυσον θεραπεύει <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>81</span> (lyr.); κύκλῳ δὲ περί σε κ. εὐπέταλος ἕλικι θάλλει <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>999</span>: hence <b class="b3">οἴνωψ</b> (or <b class="b3">οἰνωπός</b>) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>674</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[κιρσός]] (Achaean), Hsch.</span>