κισσός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. κιττός, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[ivy]], [[Hedera helix]], of three kinds, two [[climbing]] ([[μέλας]] and [[λευκός]]), and one [[creeping]] (also called [[ἕλιξ]]), <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 [[οἴνωψ]] (or [[οἰνωπός]]) <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>