λειχήν
λειχήν, a tree-moss, lichen
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λειχήνων Noun: masculine genitive plural of λειχήν
λειχήν, ῆνος, ὁ,
- tree-moss, lichen, implied in Thphr. (cf. λειχηνιάω).
- 2 a kind of liver-wort, that grows on damp rocks, Dsc. 4.53; but ἵππειος λ., = ἱππολειχήν, Nic. Th. 945.
- 3 a lichen-like eruption on the skin of animals, esp. on the chin, mentagra, A. Ch. 281 (pl.), Hp. Aph. 3.20 (pl.), Thphr. Sud. 14 (pl.), LXX Le. 21.20, Gal. 14.75, Aët. 8.16; also, of the ground, blight, canker, A. Eu. 785 (lyr.).
- 4 in horses, the normal callosity on foreleg, chestnut, Dsc. 2.43 (pl.), Cael.Aur. TP 1.138 (pl.).—In codd. freq. written λιχήν.
λειχήν -ῆνος, ὁ [λείχω ]
🄰 cutaneous eruption, lichen, sore or ulcer of the skin, prob. sycosis or pemphigus rather than leprosy, Aeschl. Ch. 281 (pl.) Hp. Aph. 3.20, al. etc. | analog. λειχὴν ἄφυλλος ἄτεκνος a destructive illness that dries out plants and prevents the birth of children Aeschl. Eum. 785
🄱 chestnut, callosity on the foreleg, of horses Diosc.2 2.43 etc.
🄲 bot. moss, lichen (prob. liverwort) Diosc.2 4.53 | ἡ ἵππειος λειχήν horse-moss Nic. Th. 945
● also λιχήν, v.l. Aeschl. Eum. 785, 815, cf. Sch. Aeschl. Eum. 785.
🄰 cutaneous eruption, lichen, sore or ulcer of the skin, prob. sycosis or pemphigus rather than leprosy, Aeschl. Ch. 281 (pl.) Hp. Aph. 3.20, al. etc. | analog. λειχὴν ἄφυλλος ἄτεκνος a destructive illness that dries out plants and prevents the birth of children Aeschl. Eum. 785
🄱 chestnut, callosity on the foreleg, of horses Diosc.2 2.43 etc.
🄲 bot. moss, lichen (prob. liverwort) Diosc.2 4.53 | ἡ ἵππειος λειχήν horse-moss Nic. Th. 945
● also λιχήν, v.l. Aeschl. Eum. 785, 815, cf. Sch. Aeschl. Eum. 785.
λειχήν, ῆνος (ὁ)
1 lèpre, Eschl. Ch. 281 ; ou dartre sur le corps humain, Hpc. 114d, e ; Th. Sud. 14 ||
2 cal sur la jambe des chevaux, Diosc. 2, 45 ||
3 lichen, végétation qui se développe sur certains arbres, Nic. Th. 945 ; Diosc. 4, 53 ||
➳ ἡ λειχήν, Nic. l. c.
Étym. λείχω.
λειχήν, ῆνος, ὁ, die Flechte an den Bäumen, auch eine auf feuchtem Felsen wachsende Flechte, Theophr. u. a.Sp.
Bei Pferden u. anderen Tieren Stellen am Leibe, wo sich statt der Haare flechtenähnliche Gewächse befinden, u. bei Menschen eine Art Ausschlag, Flechte, Medic.
Bei Pferden u. anderen Tieren Stellen am Leibe, wo sich statt der Haare flechtenähnliche Gewächse befinden, u. bei Menschen eine Art Ausschlag, Flechte, Medic.
λειχήν, ῆνος,
- a tree-moss, lichen, then, a lichenlike eruption, canker, scurvy, blight, Aesch.