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μόσχος

μόσχος, a young shoot

μόσχος2, a calf

μόσχος3, musk

μόσχος (A), ὁ,
  • young shoot or twig, δίδη μόσχοισι λύγοισι (v. λύγος) Il. 11.105, cf. Thphr. CP 5.9.1; ὁ μ. τῶν φύλλων leaf-stalk, petiole, Dsc. 2.179, cf. 4.15,34.
μόσχος (B), ὁ, ἡ,
  • calf, young bull, which form the god Apis was believed to assume, Hdt. 3.28, cf. 2.41, PCair.Zen. 78.6 (iii B.C.), Sammelb. 6279.7 (iii B. C.): as fem., heifer, young cow, μόσχους ἀμέλγειν E. Cyc. 389, cf. Ba. 736; πεζαὶ μ., = ἑταῖραι, Eup. 169; ᾄδειν ἐπὶ μόσχῳ for the prize of a calf (nisi leg. ἐπὶ Μόσχῳ), Ar. Ach. 13.
      • 2 metaph., boy, E. IA 1623: as fem., girl, maid, Id. Hec. 526, Andr. 711, etc.
      • 3 any young animal, Id. IT 163, Ba. 1185 (both lyr.); even of birds, μ. χελιδόνος Achae. 47.
      • 4 μ. θαλάσσιος seal, Edict.Diocl. 8.37.
μόσχος (C), ὁ,
  • musk, Aët. 1.131, Alex.Trall. 12; interpol. in Dsc. Eup. 1.145 (om. Wellmann). (Borrowed from Pers. mušk. )

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