λιγνύς

λιγνύς, ύος, ἡ (parox. in Call. Fr. 1.57 P.),

• thick smoke mixed with flame, murky fire (such as is made by burning resinous substances, Arist. Mete. 387b6, al.), ἱέντα . . διὰ στόμα λιγνὺν μέλαιναν A. Th. 494; στέροψ λ., of the fires seen by night on the two peaks of Parnassus, S. Ant. 1127 (lyr.); λ. σῶμα καταιθαλοῖ Ar. Av. 1241; λ. καὶ καπνός Id. Lys. 319; λιγνὺς πρόσεδρος S. Tr. 794, expld. by Sch. of the smoke of the altar hanging round Heracles: pl., αἱ φλόγες καὶ αἱ λ. Plb. 34.11.18, cf. Str. 6.2.11.
• • • 2 soot, λ. ἐστι καπνώδης αἰθάλη Erot. s.v. γλῶσσαλιγνυώδης; used medicinally, Dsc. 2.72, Gal. 12.61. [ῡ Tryph. 322; but ῠ Call. l.c., and prob. in S. Ant. l.c.]

λιγνύ̆ς -ύ̆ος, ἡ thick smoke, soot, also mixed with flames Soph. Tr. 794 Aristoph. Av. 1241, al. Aristot. Meteor. 374a 26 Diosc.² 2.72; Τυφῶν’ ἱέντα πύρπνοον διὰ στόμα λιγνὺν μέλαιναν Typhon, who belches black soot from his fiery mouth Aeschl. Sept. 493 | s.times pl. Pol. 34.11.18 Strab. 6.2.11 | fig. of the dark skin of Ethiopians Theodect. 17.2

● -ῡ- Triphiod. 322 | λίγνυς Callim. fr. 228.57 Nonn. D. 2.497.

λιγνύς, ύος, ἡ, der Rauch, Qualm ; ἱέντα πυρπνόον διὰ στόμα λιγνὺν μέλαιναν Aesch. Spt. 476 ; στέροψ λιγνύς, Soph. Ant. 1114 ; vom Opferrauch, Trach. 791 ; λιγνὺν δοκῶ μοι καθορᾶν καὶ καπνόν Ar. Lys. 319 ; Th. 281 ; sp.D., Antip.Sid. 96 (VII.637); περὶ δέ σφιν ἀΐδνη κήκιε λιγνύς Ap.Rh. 1.389. Auch in späterer Prosa, αἱ φλόγες καὶ αἱ λιγνύες Pol. 34.11.18 ; Strab. VI.277.
[Λιγνϋν im accus. bei Tryphiod. 322.]

λιγνύς, ύος

• thick smoke mixed with flame, a murky flame, Aesch., Soph., Ar.; λιγνὺς πρόσεδρος in Soph. is the smoky flame hanging round Hercules.