κνῆκος

κνῆκος, ἡ, Thphr. HP 6.4.5, PCair.Zen. 223.4 (iii B.C.), PRev.Laws (v. infr.), but ὁ Thphr. HP 1.13.3, CP 5.18.4, Dsc. (v. infr.), Gal. 6.354, al.:—also κνήκη, ἡ, Sch. Theoc. 3.5, 7.16 codd.:—

• safflower, Carthamus tinctorius, Hp. Acut. 64, Vict. 2.54, Diocl. Fr. 140, Anaxandr. 41.56, Arist. HA 550b27, Thphr. HP 6.1.3, PRev.Laws 39.5, al. (iii B.C.), Dsc. 4.188, Asclep. ap. Gal. Nat.Fac. 1.13.
• • II κ. ἀγρία (ἄγριος Dsc. 3.93), of two kinds, Carthamus leucocaulos and blessed thistle, Cnicus benedictus, Thphr. HP 6.4.5; πώγωνι θάλλων ὡς τράγος κνήκῳ χλιδᾷς you are as wanton as a goat surfeited with thistles, S. Ichn. 358 (nisi leg. κνηκῷ ‘you swagger with your yellow (cf. sq. [κνηκός]) beardʼ: κνικωι Pap.). (Freq. written κνίκος or κνῖκος in codd., as Arist. l.c., Thphr. CP 6.9.3, Gal. ll. cc., 11.612, etc., but always κνηκ- in Papyri, exc. S. Ichn. l.c.; prob. named from its colour, cf. sq. [κνηκός])

κνῆκος, ὁ, Safflor, eine distelartige Pflanze, deren Blume als Lab gebraucht wurde, um die Milch zum Gerinnen zu bringen ; Arist. H.A. 5.19 ; Theophr. u. A.