ὕσγινον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, a vegetable dye of bright crimson or scarlet colour, perhaps the <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[kermes]] (v. [[ὕσγη]]), <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>511</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>6.254 (Myrin.); [[hysginum]], Vitr.7.14.1 ([[excygno]] codd.), <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>9.140</span>, <span class="bibl">21.170</span>, <span class="bibl">35.45</span> ([[hygino]], [[yyg-]], [[yog-]], [[id genus]], codd.), <span class="title">Dig.</span>32.1.78.5, Isid.<span class="title">Etym.</span>19.17.15 ([[iscino]]): gen. sg. ισγινης <span class="title">Edict.Diocl.</span>19.8; ισγενης, ib.24.9-12. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[scarlet cloak]], τὸ ἄλλο ζεῦγος τῶν ὑσγείνων <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>531.17</span> (ii A. D.). [ῑ Nic. and <span class="title">AP</span> ll. cc.; but ὑσγῐνόεις <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>870</span>: the forms ισγινη, ισγενη point to a naturally short, ι, lengthd. metri gr.]</span>