πόα
πόα,
ἡ, Ion. and Ep.
ποίη, Dor.
ποία Pi. (v. infr.), also in
E. Cyc. 333 (trim.),
Ar. Eq. 606 (troch.); Boeot.
πύας,
αο,
ὁ,
Schwyzer 485.1 , al. (Thespiae, iii B.C.):—
2). generally,
herb, π. τὸ ἀπὸ ῥίζης φυλλοφόρον προϊὸν ἀστέλεχες Thphr. HP 1.3.1 ; collect.,
herbaceous plants, τῆς π. τὸ ἡλιοτρόπιον ib.
7.3.1 ; esp. of medicinal
herbs, καλοῦσι πόαν ἔνια τῶν φαρμακωδῶν οἱ ῥιζοτόμοι ib.
9.8.1 ; of
φυλλώδεις δυνάμεις, ibid.;
ποίαν τρίψας IG 42(1).122.121 (Epid., iv B.C.); freq. in
Hsch., s.v.
ἀβρότονον , al.
3). plant in general,
π. ἡ βοτάνη EM 677.49 ,al.;
π. Παρνασίς, i.e. the bay or laurel,
Pi. P. 8.20 ;
στεφάνοισί νιν ποίας ἔρεπτον ib.
4.240 : hence, metaph.,
κεῖραι μελιαδέα ποίαν ib.
9.37 .
II). in later Poets, of Time,
hay-harvest, i.e.
summer, ἐπ’ ἐννέα .. ποίας for nine
summers, Call. Fr. 182 ;
χείματά τε ποίας τε δύω Rhian. 54 ;
ἢ τρεῖς ἢ πίσυρας ποίας AP 7.731 (
Leon.), cf.
627 (
Diod.),
6.252 (
Antiphil.): in this signf.
ποιά (oxyt.) acc. to Sch.
E. Tr. 20 ,
EM 677.49 . (Cf. Lith.
pieva 'meadow'.)
ShortDef
grass, herb
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πόα</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, Ion. and Ep. <span class="orth greek">ποίη</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">ποία</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> </span> (v. infr.), also in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:333" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:333/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 333 </a> (trim.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:606" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:606/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 606 </a>(troch.); Boeot. <span class="orth greek">πύας</span>, <span class="itype greek">αο</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Schwyzer</span> 485.1 </span>, al. (Thespiae, iii B.C.):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">grass,</span> <span class="quote greek">νέμεαι τέρεν’ ἄνθεα ποίης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:449" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.449/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.449 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κεκορηότε ποίης,</span> of oxen, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:372" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.372/canonical-url/"> 18.372 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἐν ποίῃ</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:368" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:368/canonical-url/"> 368 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χθὼν .. φύεν νεοθηλέα π.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:347" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:14.347/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 14.347 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀμφὶ δὲ ποίη .. ἀέξετο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:194" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:194/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 194 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.53 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> l.c., etc.; <span class="foreign greek">π. Μηδική,</span> v. <span class="ref greek">Μηδικός.</span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">herb,</span> <span class="quote greek">π. τὸ ἀπὸ ῥίζης φυλλοφόρον προϊὸν ἀστέλεχες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:1:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:1:3:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 1.3.1 </a> ; collect., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">herbaceous plants,</span> <span class="foreign greek">τῆς π. τὸ ἡλιοτρόπιον</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:7:3:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:7:3:1/canonical-url/"> 7.3.1 </a>; esp. of medicinal <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">herbs,</span> <span class="foreign greek">καλοῦσι πόαν ἔνια τῶν φαρμακωδῶν οἱ ῥιζοτόμοι</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:8:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:8:1/canonical-url/"> 9.8.1 </a>; of <span class="foreign greek">φυλλώδεις δυνάμεις,</span> ibid.; <span class="quote greek">ποίαν τρίψας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 42(1).122.121 </span> (Epid., iv B.C.); freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>, s.v. <span class="ref greek">ἀβρότονον</span> , al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lye,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg049:2:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg049:2.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Je.</span> 2.22 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mal.</span> 3.2 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">plant</span> in general, <span class="quote greek">π. ἡ βοτάνη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:677:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:677.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 677.49 </a> ,al.; <span class="foreign greek">π. Παρνασίς,</span> i.e. the bay or laurel, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8.20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 8.20 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">στεφάνοισί νιν ποίας ἔρεπτον</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:240" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.240/canonical-url/"> 4.240 </a>: hence, metaph., <span class="foreign greek">κεῖραι μελιαδέα ποίαν</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.37/canonical-url/"> 9.37 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the grass,</span> i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a grassy place,</span> <span class="foreign greek">πόα καθίζεσθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">grass</span> to sit on, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:229b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:229b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 229b </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:1:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HG</span> 4.1.30 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg044:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg044:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ages.</span> 36 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">meadow,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Schwyzer</span> </span> l.c. (pl.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> in later Poets, of Time, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hay-harvest,</span> i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">summer,</span> <span class="foreign greek">ἐπ’ ἐννέα .. ποίας</span> for nine <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">summers,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 182 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χείματά τε ποίας τε δύω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0219.tlg001:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0219.tlg001:54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Rhian.</span> 54 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἢ τρεῖς ἢ πίσυρας ποίας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 7.731 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1458.tlg001:627" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1458.tlg001:627/canonical-url/"> 627 </a> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diod.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0163.tlg001:6:252" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0163.tlg001:6.252/canonical-url/"> 6.252 </a> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antiphil.</span></span>): in this signf. <span class="foreign greek">ποιά</span> (oxyt.) acc. to Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:20" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:20/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 20 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:677:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4099.tlg001:677.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">EM</span> 677.49 </a>. (Cf. Lith. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pieva</span> \'meadow\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}