φακός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ ([[φακόν]], τό, Pap. in ''Philol.''80.340 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]])),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[lentil]], [[Ervum lens]], and its [[fruit]], Solon 38.3, Hdt.4.17, ''IG''12.334.7, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Historia Plantarum|HP]]'' 8.1.4, Diocl.Fr.117, etc.; φακὸν ἕψειν Theoc.10.54; ἕψημα φακοῦ [[LXX]] ''Ge.''25.34; ἀφέψημα φακοῦ Sor. 1.121.<br><span class="bld">b</span> pl. = [[φακῆ]], [[lentil soup]], Pherecr.67.3, Amphis40, Gal.6.770, ''Vict.Att.''7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[φακός ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν τελμάτων]], [[duckweed]], [[Lemna minor]], Dsc.1.12, 4.87.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[anything shaped like lentils]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[hot-water bottle]], POxy.1088.46 (i A. D.); φακός [[ὀστράκινος]] Hp.''Nat.Mul.''34; πυρίη φακῶν τῶν κεραμήων Aret.''CA''2.5; φακός τοῦ ἐλαίου [[oil-flask]], [[LXX]] ''1 Ki.''10.1; <b class="b3">τοῦ ὕδατος</b> ib.26.11.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[spot]] on the body, [[mole]], [[birthmark]], PPetr.3p.2, al. (iii B. C.), Dsc.1.13, 5.118, Plu.2.563a, 800e, Gal.11.845, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ornament on beds]], Theodor.Hierap. ap. Ath.10.413b. (Cf. [[Albanian]]