κέγχρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ (also ἡ, Arist.Ph.250a20, Dieuch. ap. Orib.4.7.15, Glauc. ap.POxy.1802.42, Dsc.2.97, Gal.6.791, Jul.Or.3.112a, Iamb.VP24.106),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[millet]], [[Panicum miliaceum]], usually in plural, Hes.Sc.398, Hdt.4.17, Hp.Acut.21, X.An.1.2.22, etc.: sg., Hecat.154 J., Hdt.1.193, Thphr. HP1.11.2, al., OGI55.15 (Telmessus, iii B.C.); of a single [[grain]], Hdt.3.100, Plot.6.3.11, prob. in Sapph.Supp.1.13:—also [[κέρχνος]], Anaxandr.41.27, Gal.18(1).574; cf. [[κέρχνωμα]], [[κέρχνη]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> anything in [[small]] [[grain]]s:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[spawn of fish]], Hdt.2.93.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[small beads]], Ath.12.525e.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[speck]], [[sty]] in the [[eye]], Adam.1.11, al.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[κεγχρίας]] ''II'' ([[serpent]] with [[millet]]-like [[protuberance]]s on the [[skin]]), Dsc.Ther.15.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[small]] kind of [[diamond]], Plin.HN37.57.