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|Definition=ῑκος, ὁ, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[Phoenician]], Φοῖνιξ ἀνὴρ ἀπατήλια εἰδώς Od.14.288, cf. 13.272, 15.415; ὡς Φοῖνιξ ἀνήρ, Σιδώνιος [[κάπηλος]] S.''Fr.''909.<br><span class="bld">2</span> fem., γυνή [[Φοίνισσα]] Od.15.417; [[Φοίνισσαι]], name of plays by [[Euripides]], [[Phrynichus]], etc.; also [[Φοίνισσα]] ἐμπολά Pi.''P.''2.67; [[χθών]], [[νᾶσος]], etc., E.''Ph.''6,204 (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">Φοίνισσα βοά</b> ib.301 (lyr.); [[κώπη]] Id.''Hel.''1272; Φοῖνιξ [[ἄμπεχος]] ''PCair.Zen.''33.14 (iii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[Carthaginian]], [[ἀλαλατός]] Pi.''P.''1.72; also fem., Φοίνισσαι νῆες Th.1.116, D.S.13.80.<br><span class="bld">B</span> φοῖνιξ, ῑκος, ὁ, [[purple]] or [[crimson]], because the discovery and earliest use of this colour was ascribed to the Phoenicians, Il. 4.141, 6.219, Od.23.201, etc.:—hence,<br><span class="bld">2</span> as adjective (fem. φοίνισσα Pi. (v. infr.); [[φοῖνιξ]] as fem., E.''Tr.''815), [[blood-bay]], of a horse, Il. 23.454; of [[red]] cattle, φοίνισσα ἀγέλα Pi.''P.''4.205, cf. Theoc.25.128: of the colour of fire, φοίνισσα [[φλόξ]] Pi.''P.''1.24; <b class="b3">πυρὸς φ. πνοά</b> E.l.c.; also φ. ἱμάντες Simon.17; πέπλοι E.''Hel.''181 (lyr.), etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[date palm]], [[Phoenix dactylifera]], Od.6.163, ''h.Ap.''117, Pi.''Fr.''75 14 (dub.), E. ''Hec.''458 (lyr.), D.S.2.53; τόξα ἐκ φοίνικος σπάθης πεποιημένα Hdt.7.69, etc.: the male and female distinguished by Hdt. as [ὁ φ.] ἔρσην and [ἡ φ.] [[βαλανηφόρος]], 1.193 (but the latter is masc., ibid. and in 4.172, 182); φοινίκων . . τῶν καρπίμων οἱ μὲν ἄρρενες αἱ δὲ θήλειαι Thphr.''HP''2.6.6, but <b class="b3">αἱ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρρένων πρὸς τοὺς θήλεις [βοήθειαι]</b> ib.2.8.4.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[palm frond]], as a [[badge]] of [[victory]], Arist ''MM''1196a36, Plu.2.723b, etc.; τὸν φ. τινὶ ἀποδοῦναι Chrysipp.Stoic.3.175.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[date]], Hellanic.56J., Epich. 18, Antiph.65, Ephipp.24; more correctly, [[τοῦ φοίνικος ὁ καρπός]] Hdt.1.193; [[καρπὸς φοίνικος]] Hermipp.63.22 (hex.); cf. [[φοινικοβάλανος]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> ὁ [[χαμαιρριφής]] = [[dwarf palm]], [[Chamaerops humilis]], Thphr.''HP''2.6.11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> a [[Bactrian]] [[tree]], [[Mazri palm]], [[Nannorhops ritchieana]], ib.4.4.8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> a sea-[[plant]], [[Callophyllis laciniata]], ib.4.6.2, 10.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[ryegrass]], [[Lolium perenne]], Dsc.4.43.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> a [[musical]] [[instrument]], like a [[guitar]], invented by the Phoenicians, Hdt.4.192, Ephor.4 J., Phillis 2 (pl.), Scamon 3; but so called because made from the [[Delian]] [[palm]], acc. to Semus 1.<br><span class="bld">V</span> the [[fabulous]] [[bird]] [[phoenix]], Hes.''Fr.''171.4, Antiph.175; from [[Arabia]] acc. to Hdt.2.73; but from India, Philostr. ''VA''3.49: [[proverb|prov.]], [[φοίνικος ἔτη βιοῦν]] = [[live as long as an Arabian phoenix]] Luc.''Herm.''53.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> an [[ornament]], [[LXX]] ''Ez.''41.25.<br><span class="bld">VII</span> [[perfume prepared from the fronds of the date palm]], Thphr.''Od.''28.<br><span class="bld">VIII</span> a [[fish]], Ael.''NA''12.24.<br><span class="bld">IX</span> a [[bandage]], Heliod. ap. Orib.49.11.2.<br><span class="bld">X</span> = [[εὐρύνοτος]], Agathem.2.7.<br><span class="bld">XI</span> <b class="b3">φοῖνιξ ἐν ὁπλῇ</b>, a [[disease]] of the [[hoof]], ''Hippiatr.''10.<br><span class="bld">XII</span> an [[eyesalve]], Aët.7.116. [In all senses of the word ῑ in gen., but nom. [[φοῖνιξ]], not [[φοίνιξ]], Hdn.Gr. ap. Choerob. ''in Thd.''1.292.]