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ὑάκινθος

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑάκινθος

Sense

  1. hyacinth (flower)
  2. designation of a blue cloth or a blue color
  3. a certain precious stone

Examples

  • Πῶσ οὖν τὸν Ἀπόλλω ὁ Βράγχοσ καὶ ὁ Υἅκινθοσ φιλοῦσιν; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 3:3)
  • Τέθνηκε γάρ, εἰπέ μοι, ὁ Υἅκινθοσ; (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 2:3)
  • πλὴν κατ̓ ἐκεῖνο ἀπόβλεψον, ἐπὶ τὰ δεξιά, ἔνθα ὁ Υἅκινθόσ τέ ἐστι καὶ Νάρκισσοσ καὶ Νιρεὺσ καὶ Ἀχιλλεὺσ καὶ Τυρὼ καὶ Ἑλένη καὶ Λήδα καὶ ὅλωσ τὰ ἀρχαῖα πάντα κάλλη. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 1:4)
  • "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)
  • περὶ δὲ αὐτὸν ἦσαν Υἅκινθόσ τε ὁ Λακεδαιμόνιοσ καὶ ὁ Θεσπιεὺσ Νάρκισσοσ καὶ Ὕλασ καὶ ἄλλοι καλοί. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 2 17:4)

Synonyms

  1. a certain precious stone

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