ἄμπελος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, any [[climb]]ing [[plant]] with [[tendril]]s, esp.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[grape vine]], [[Vitis vinifera]] (ἄμπελος [[οἰνοφόρος]] Dsc.4.181; [[ἄμπελος τῆς Ἴδης]] is a variety, [[Vitis vinifera apyrena]], Vitis vinifera L., var. Apyrena, [[grape]] [[currant]], [[Corinthian]] [[raisin]] Thphr.HP3.17.4), Hom. (not in Il. exc. in Adj. [[ἀμπελόεις]]), etc.; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ καὶ ἄμπελοι Od.9.110, cf.133, Alc.44, Hdt. 4.195, etc.; ἄμπελον καὶ ἐλάαν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα [[ἀκρόδρυα]] = the [[vine]] and [[olive]] and the other [[fruit]]-[[tree]]s Thphr.HP4.4.11; ἄμπελον κόπτοντες τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν = the [[vine]]s [[round]] the [[sanctuary]] being [[cut]] down, in collective sense (cf. [[ἵππος]], [[ἡ]]), Th.4.90; of [[wine]], ἀμπέλου δρόσος Pi.O.7.2; ἀμπέλου [[παῖς]] Id.N.9.52.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἄμπελος ἀγρία]] = [[wild vine]], [[Vitis silvestris]], Dsc.4.181, 5.2, Plin.HN23.19:—also = [[ἄμπελος λευκή]], Thphr.9.14.1, 9.20.3, Gal.14.186.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ἄμπελος λευκή]] = [[bryony]], [[Bryonia cretica]], Dsc.4.182, Gal.11.826 (but [[λευκὴ ἄμπελος]] = [[white]] [[grape]], Thphr.CP1.20.5).<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[ἄμπελος μέλαινα]] = [[black bryony]], [[Tamus communis]], Dsc.4.183, Gal.11.827.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[ἄμπελος ποντία]] = [[wrack]], [[Fucus volubilis]], Thphr.HP4.6.9.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[vineyard]], Ael.NA11.32.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[engine]] for [[protect]]ing [[besieger]]s, [[mantlet]], Apollod.Poliorc.141.7.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[measure]] of [[length]] = 20 [[palm]]s ([[παλαιστή|παλαισταί]]), Hero *Deff.131.<br><span class="bld">V</span> = [[αἰγιαλός]] ([[seashore]]) (Cyren.), [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]