μόσχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[young]] [[shoot]] or [[twig]], <b class="b3">δίδη μόσχοισι λύγοισι</b> (v. [[λύγος]]) Il.11.105, cf. Thphr.''CP''5.9.1; <b class="b3">ὁ μόσχος τῶν φύλλων</b> [[leaf]]-[[stalk]], [[petiole]], Dsc. 2.179, cf. 4.15,34.<br /><br />(B), ὁ, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[calf]], [[young bull]], which form the god Apis was believed to assume, Hdt.3.28, cf. 2.41, ''PCair.Zen.''78.6 (iii B.C.), ''Sammelb.'' 6279.7 (iii B. C.): as fem., [[heifer]], [[young cow]], μόσχους [[ἀμέλγειν]] E.''Cyc.''389, cf. ''Ba.''736; <b class="b3">πεζαὶ μ.</b>, = [[ἑταῖραι]], Eup.169; [[ᾄδειν ἐπὶ μόσχῳ]] = [[sing]] for the [[prize]] of a [[calf]] ([[nisi legendum|nisi leg.]] <b class="b3">ἐπὶ Μόσχῳ</b>), [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''13.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[boy]], E.''IA''1623: as fem., [[girl]], [[maid]], Id.''Hec.''526, ''Andr.''711, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> any [[young]] [[animal]], Id.''IT''163, ''Ba.''1185 (both lyr.); even of birds, μόσχος χελιδόνος Achae.47.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[μόσχος θαλάσσιος]] = [[seal]], Edict.Diocl.8.37.<br /><br />(C), ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[musk]], Aët.1.131, Alex. Trall.12; interpol. in Dsc. ''Eup.''1.145 (om. Wellmann). (Borrowed from Pers. mušk.)