Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑλίχρυσος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑλίχρυσος

Sense

  1. a creeping plant with yellow flower or fruit

Examples

  • "συμπλέκουσι γὰρ καὶ τοῦτ’ ἔνιοι εἰσ τοὺσ στεφάνουσ, ἐπὶ τούτοισ ἥ τε οἰνάνθη καὶ τὸ μέλαν ἰόν καὶ τῶν ἀγρίων ὅ τε ἑλίχρυσοσ καὶ τῆσ ἀνεμώνησ ἡ λειμωνία καλουμένη καὶ ξίφιον καὶ ὑάκινθοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 275)
  • μύρτα τε καὶ ἰά καὶ ἑλίχρυσοσ, μᾶλά τε καὶ ῥόδα καί τέρεινα δάφνα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 27 2:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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