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ὑάκινθος
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.

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Hyacinthus
the hyacinth

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ὑάκινθος
Headword (normalized):
ὑάκινθος
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υακινθος
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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.
IDX:
33325
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n33364
Key:
u(a/kinqos

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