ἐρέβινθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(proparox.), ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[chick-pea]], [[chickpea]], [[chick pea]], [[Cicer arietinum]], κύαμοι ἢ ἐ. <span class="bibl">Il.13.589</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>372c</span>; eaten as dessert, <span class="bibl">Xenoph.22.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>1136</span>, <span class="bibl">Crobyl.9</span>, etc. ; χρύσειοι ἐ. Sapph.30 ; <b class="b3">κριὸς ἐρέβινθος</b>, of a special variety, <span class="bibl">Sophil.8</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>8.5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., of the [[membrum virile]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>801</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ra.</span> 545</span>(lyr.) ; cf. [[κριθή]] IV. (Cf. [[ὄροβος]], Lat. [[ervum]].) </span>