ἴον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῐ], τό</b>, heterocl. dat. pl. <b class="b3">ἰάσῐ [ῑᾰ</b>] Nic.<span class="title">Fr.</span>74.2:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[violet]], [[Viola odorata]], στέφανοι ἴων <span class="bibl">Sapph.<span class="title">Supp.</span>23.12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.55</span>, etc.; καὶ τὸ ἴον μέλαν ἐντί <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.28</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>4.21 (Mel.); [[κυαναυγές]] ib.<span class="bibl">5.73</span> (Rufin.); ἴ. τὸ μέλαν <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.13.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CP</span>1.13.12</span>; [[ἴον]] alone, Dsc. 4.121:—in <span class="bibl">Od.5.72</span>, <b class="b3">λειμῶνες μαλακοὶ ἴου ἠδὲ σελίνου θήλεον</b>, there were vv.ll. [[σίου]] (Ptol. Euerg.) and [[θρύου]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἴον τὸ λευκόν</b>( = [[λευκόϊον]], q.v.) [[gilliflower]], [[Matthiola incana]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>6.6.3</span>; also [[ἴον]] alone, ib.<span class="bibl">6.8.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[κρίνον]], Philin. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.15.681b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> generally, any [[flower]], EM473.10. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> a precious stone of dark colour, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>37.170</span>. ([[ϝίον]], cf. <b class="b3">γία· ἄνθη</b>, Hsch., Lat. [[viola]].) </span>