γλαυκός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=γλαυκή, γλαυκόν, orig. without any notion of colour,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[gleaming]] (cf. [[γλαύσσω]], [[γλαυσός]]), once in Hom., γλαυκὴ δέ σε τίκτε θάλασσα Il.16.34 (hence <b class="b3">γλαυκὴ δυσπέμφελος</b>, = the sea, Hes. ''Th.''440): so in Trag. (not A.), γ. λίμνα S.''Fr.''371,476; ἅλς E.''Cyc.''16; οἶδμα Id.''Hel.''1501 (lyr.); later γ. σελάνα Mesom.''Sol.''21; πλήθοντα πυρὸς γλαυκοῖο σελήνη Tryph.514; ἀστέρες Him.''Ecl.''13.37; γ. ἠώς Theoc.16.5; also γ. δράκων Pi.''O.''8.37 (expld. by Sch.as, = [[γλαύκωψ]], [[γλαυκῶπις]]).<br><span class="bld">II</span> later, of colour (κυανοῦς λευκῷ κεραννύμενος Pl.''Ti.''68c; cf. <b class="b3">γλαυκότερον κυάνοιο φαείνεται</b> Hegesianax 1), [[bluish green]] or [[grey]], of the olive, S.''OC''701, E.''IT''1101, ''Tr.''802 (all lyr.), etc.; of the elder, Emp.93; [[ὀπώρα]], of grapes, S.''Tr.''703; of vine leaves, ''AP''9.87 (Marc. Arg.); of the beryl and topaz, D.P.1119 sq.; μάραγδος [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 5.178.<br><span class="bld">2</span> freq. of the eye, [[light blue]], [[grey]], opp. [[μέλας]], [[χαροπός]], Arist.''GA''779b13, ''HA''492a3, cf. Paus.1.14.6; ἔθνος γ. ἰσχυρῶς καὶ πυρρόν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.108, cf. Hp.Aër.14, Arist.''Pr.''892a3, etc.; γ. Ἀθάνα E.''Heracl.''754 (lyr.), Theoc.28.1, cf. Plot.4.4.19; cf. [[γλαυκῶπις]]: —this colour was not admired, Luc.''DMeretr.''2.1, Philostr. ''VA''7.42.