μήκων
μήκων, Dor.,
Arc. μάκ-,
Theoc. 7.157 ,
IG 5(2).514.16 (Lycosura, ii B. C.):
ωνος , ἡ (
ὁ Arist. (v. infr.
11.2 ),
Polem.Hist. 88 ,
Polyaen. 8.6.1 ):—
A). poppy, esp.
opium poppy, Papaver somniferum,
μήκων δ’ ἑτέρωσε κάρη βάλεν ἐνὶ κήπῳ Il. 8.306 , cf.
Ar. Av. 160 ,
Thphr. HP 1.12.2 (s. v.l.), Theoc.l.c.;
μάκωνσι λευκαῖς IGl.c.;
μ. ἥμερος, κηπευτή,
Dsc. 4.64 ,
Gal. 6.548 ;
μ. Ἡρακλεία frothy poppy, Silene venosa,
Thphr. HP 9.12.5 ;
μ. ἀφρώδης Dsc. 4.66 ;
μ. κερατῖτις horned poppy, Glaucium flavum,
Thphr. HP 9.12.3 ,
Dsc. 4.65 (but =
λεοντοπέταλον , Ps.-
Dsc. 3.96 );
μ. μέλαινα corn poppy, Papaver Rhoeas,
Thphr. HP 9.11.9 ,
Dsc. 4.64 (
μέλας Ps.-
Dsc. ibid.);
μ. ῥοιάς P. hybridum,
Thphr. HP 9.12.4 ,
Dsc. 4.63 ;
μ. ἀγρία, =
μ. μέλαινα , ib.
64 ;
μ. ἀγριωτέρα windrose, Papaver argemone, ibid.
2). ink-bag of the cuttle-fish,
Id. Fr. 334 (masc.),
Ael. NA ap.
Suid. IV). the part of the ear at the root under the lobe,
Id. 2.86 .
V). μ. ἀφρώδης, =
πέπλος ,
spurge,
Dsc. 4.167 ; so
μ. alone, as a purgative, freq. in
Hp., Mul. 2.124 ,
192 , al.,
Morb. 3.16 ;
ὀπὸς μήκωνος Mul. 2.201 ;
μ. alone, =
τιθυμαλλίς ,
Dsc. 4.164 . (Etym. dub.; OHG.
māgo,
Germ. mohn, OSlav.
makû are prob. borrowed.)
ShortDef
the poppy
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Headword (normalized):
μήκων
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μηκων
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μήκων</span>, Dor., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arc.</span> </span> <span class="orth greek">μάκ-</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:157" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.157/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 7.157 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 5(2).514.16 </span> (Lycosura, ii B. C.): <span class="itype greek">ωνος</span> <span class="foreign greek">, ἡ </span>(<span class="gen greek">ὁ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> </span> (v. infr. <span class="bibl"> 11.2 </span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0586.tlg001:88" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0586.tlg001:88/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polem.Hist.</span> 88 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1620.tlg001:8:6:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1620.tlg001:8:6:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Polyaen.</span> 8.6.1 </a>):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">poppy</span>, esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">opium poppy, Papaver somniferum</span>, <span class="quote greek">μήκων δ’ ἑτέρωσε κάρη βάλεν ἐνὶ κήπῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:306" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:8.306/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 8.306 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:160" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:160/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 160 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:1:12:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:1:12:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 1.12.2 </a> (s. v.l.), Theoc.l.c.; <span class="foreign greek">μάκωνσι λευκαῖς</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span>l.c.; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἥμερος, κηπευτή</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.64 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 6.548 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. Ἡρακλεία</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">frothy poppy, Silene venosa</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:12:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:12:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 9.12.5 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. ἀφρώδης</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.66 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ. κερατῖτις</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">horned poppy, Glaucium flavum</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:12:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:12:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 9.12.3 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.65 </span> (but = <span class="ref greek">λεοντοπέταλον</span> , Ps.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 3.96 </span>); <span class="foreign greek">μ. μέλαινα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">corn poppy, Papaver Rhoeas</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:11:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:11:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 9.11.9 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.64 </span> (<span class="foreign greek">μέλας</span> Ps.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> </span>ibid.); <span class="foreign greek">μ. ῥοιάς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">P. hybridum</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:12:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:12:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 9.12.4 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.63 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἀγρία,</span> = <span class="ref greek">μ. μέλαινα</span> , ib.<span class="bibl"> 64 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἀγριωτέρα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">windrose, Papaver argemone</span>, ibid. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> a single <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">poppy-seed</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg006:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0552.tlg006:2.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archim.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aren.</span> 2.4 </a>; collectively, <span class="quote greek">μ. ἁδρά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:2:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:2.192/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mul.</span> 2.192 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">μ. μεμελιτωμένη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 4.26 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ὀπὸς μήκωνος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">opium</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Asclep.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 14.138 </span>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">poppy-head</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:8:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:8:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 4.8.10 </a>: as an architectural ornament, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:20:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:20:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 5.20.5 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quasiliver</span> of testaceous animals (<span class="etym greek">ὀστρακηρά</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:530a:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:530a.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 530a15 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:547a:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:547a.16/canonical-url/"> 547a16 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ink-bag of the cuttle-fish</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg051:334" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg051:334/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 334 </a> (masc.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ael.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">NA</span> </span>ap.<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a metallic sand</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7:100" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:7.100/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 7.100 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the part of the ear at the root under the lobe</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2:86" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2.86/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.86 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μ. ἀφρώδης,</span> = <span class="ref greek">πέπλος</span> , <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spurge</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.167 </span>; so <span class="foreign greek">μ.</span> alone, as a purgative, freq. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:2:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:2.124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mul.</span> 2.124 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:192/canonical-url/"> 192 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:3:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg023:3.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Morb.</span> 3.16 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὀπὸς μήκωνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:2:201" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg036:2.201/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mul.</span> 2.201 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μ.</span> alone, = <span class="ref greek">τιθυμαλλίς</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 4.164 </span>. (Etym. dub.; OHG. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">māgo</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Germ.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mohn</span>, OSlav.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">makû</span> are prob. borrowed.)</div> </div><br><br>'}