ὑάκινθος ὑάκινθος, ὁ, ἡ, the hyacinth, Il., etc.;—a flower said to have sprung up from the blood of Hyacinthus or of Ajax; and the petals were thought to bear the letters αἰ, or αἰαι, Mosch.; hence the epithet γραπτά in Theocr. The hyacinth seems to have comprehended several dark blue flowers: Hom. speaks of dark hair as ὑακινθίνῳ ἄνθει ὁμοῖαι, and Theocr. calls it black. a precious stone, of blue colour, not (prob.) our jacinth, but the sapphire, NTest.