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κύανος

κύανος, cyanus, a dark-blue substance

κύᾰνος [ῠ], ὁ (later ἡ, v. infr. I.3, 7),
  • dark-blue enamel, esp. used to adorn armour, δέκα οἶμοι μέλανος κυάνοιο Il. 11.24, cf. 35; πτύχες κυάνου Hes. Sc. 143; also θριγκὸς κυάνοιο, of a cornice, Od. 7.87; so perh. in IG 1(2).367.7, 42(1).102.244 (Epid.).
      • 2 lapis lazuli, κ. αὐτοφυής (opp. σκευαστός) Thphr. Lap. 39, al., Dsc. 5.91, etc. (perh. also in Pl. Phd. 113c); κ. ἄρρην, θῆλυς, Thphr. Lap. 31: also an imitation made in Egypt, ib. 55.
      • 3 blue copper carbonate, Hp. Cord. 2, Gal. 12.233 (ὁ and ἡ), Luc. Lex. 22; βαπτὴ κ. AP 6.229 (Crin.).
      • 4 blue cornflower, Plin. HN 21.68.
      • 5 a bird, perh. blue thrush, Turdus cyanus, Arist. HA 617a23, Ael. NA 4.59.
      • 6 sea-water, Hsch.
      • 7 fem., the colour blue, Alex.Aphr. in Mete. 162.4.
    • II as Adj., = κυάνεος, Nic. Th. 438 (unless κυανός as in Phlp. in GC 23.11, codd. Pl. l.c.): Comp. -ώτερος Anacreont. 16.11: Sup. -ώτατος Philostr. Im. 1.6. [ῡ in dactylic verses, metri gr., cf. κυάνεος, etc.]

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