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κυάνεος

κυάνεος, dark-blue, glossy-blue

κῠᾰν-εος, α, ον, contr. κῠᾰνοῦς, ῆ, οῦν Pl. Ti. 68c, etc., prob. in A. Pers. 81 (lyr.), Euph. 51.7 (cf. κύανος II):—
  • made of κύανος (q.v.), κάπετος Il. 18.564; δράκοντες 11.26, cf. 39, Hes. Sc. 167.
    • II of the colour of κ., dark-blue, glossy, of the swallow, Simon. 74; of the halcyon, Arist. HA 616a15; of the skin of the porpoise, ib. 566b12; of the deep sea, E. IT 7, cf. Arist. Pr. 932a31; πόντου κ. δῖναι Xenarch. 1.7; κ. χρῶμα Pl. l.c.; τὸ κ. ἐξ ἰσάτιδος καὶ πυρώδους Thphr. Sens. 77.
      • 2 generally, dark, black, of the mourning veil of Thetis, Il. 24.94; of clouds, 5.345, 20.418, Od. 12.75; of the brows of Zeus, Il. 1.528; χαῖται 22.402; γενειάδες Od. 16.176; ἄνδρες, of Africans, Hes. Op. 527; γαῖα ψάμμῳ κυανέη (of the bottom of Charybdis) Od. 12.243; κ. χθών, of Delos, Pi. Fr. 87.4; κ. θάλαμος, of the chamber of Persephone, Sapph. 119; φάλαγγες κ. dark masses of warriors, Il. 4.282; κυάνεον Τρώων νέφος 16.66: metaph., Κῆρες κ. Hes. Sc. 249; κ. δνόφος Simon. 37.8; λόχμα Pi. O. 6.40; Ἄιδης IG 14.1389ii25. [ῡ, metri gr., in dactylic verse, Hom., etc.]

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