λύγος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῠ], ἡ, also ὁ, <span class="bibl">Longus 3.27</span> codd.:— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ἄγνος]], <b class="b2">agnus castus, Vitex Agnus-castus, withy</b>: in pl., [[its twigs]] or [[withes]], [[τοὺς]] [the rams] συνέεργον ἐϋστρεφέεσσι λύγοισι <span class="bibl">Od.9.427</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.166</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>225</span>, etc.; in δίδη μόσχοισι λύγοισι <span class="bibl">Il.11.105</span>, [[λύγοισι]] is the specific word added to the generic [[μόσχοισι]] (cf. <b class="b3">σῦς κάπρος, ἴρηξ κίρκος</b>, etc.): in late Prose, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>153</span> J.; used for wreaths, στεφανοῦται λύγῳ <span class="bibl">Anacr.41</span>; cf. [[λύγινος]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[λυγῶς]] (sic cod., fort. [[λυγός]]) [[screw-press]] used by carpenters, Hsch. (but perh. <b class="b3">λυγῶ&lt;δε&gt;ς</b>).</span>

|mdlsjtxt=λῠ́γος, ἡ,<br />[[vitex]] [[agnus]] [[castus]], a [[willow]]-like [[tree]], withy; in pl. its withes, Lat. vimina, Hom., Eur.