κωδύα

κωδύα, ἡ,

• head, i.e. capsule, of the poppy, Thphr. HP 9.12.4, Damocr. ap. Gal. 13.40, Dsc. 4.63 (v.l. -ίαις), 64, Sor. 1.120 (τῇ διακωδίων cod.), Ruf. Ren.Ves. 1.15; imitated as an ornament of ἧλοι, IG 2(2).1457.14, 1544.38, al.; head, i.e. fruit, of the Nile water-lily, Nymphaea stellata, Thphr. HP 4.8.10; of the Egyptian bean, Nelumbium speciosum, ib. 7. [κωδύᾱ acc. to Hdn.Gr. 1.302, and so in Damocr. l.c., but κώδυα in Ar. Fr. 117 ap.Harp.Epit., Phot., cf. sq. [κώδυια]]

κωδύα, ἡ, = κώδεια, Mohnkopf ; auch von anderen Pflanzen, Theophr.; auch κώδυον, vgl. Lobeck zu Phryn. p. 302.