ἀμάραντος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ᾰμᾰ], ον,</b> (μαραίνω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[unfading]], λειμών <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Dom.</span>9</span>: metaph., σοφία <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Wi.</span>6.12</span>; κληρονομία <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Pet.</span>1.4</span>, cf. <span class="title">CIG</span>2942c (Tralles); [[πνεῦμα]] prob. in <span class="title">IPE</span>2.286 (Panticapaeum): neuter plural as adverb, <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>1.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Subst. [[ἀμάραντον]], [[τό]] (but in Lat. [[amarantus)]], [[never-fading flower]], IG14.607e (Carales), <span class="bibl">Poll.1.229</span>; = [[ἑλίχρυσον]], Dsc.4.57; = [[κενταύρειον μικρόν]], Ps.-Dsc.3.7; = [[χρυσοκόμη]]. Id.4.55.</span>