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σμῖλαξ

σμῖλαξ, the convolvulus

σμῖλαξ, older Att. μῖλαξ, ᾰκος, ἡ (but τοῦ μίλακος Thphr. HP 1.10.5):—
  • in Arcadia, holm-oak, Quercus Ilex, ib. 3.16.2; milax, Plin. HN 16.19.
    • II = σμῖλος, μῖλος, yew, Taxus baccata, Pl. R. 372b, Dsc. 4.79, Plu. QConv. 2.647f; milax, Plin. HN 16.51.
    • III σμ. κηπαία, kidney-bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, Dsc. 2.146.
    • IV bindweed, μῖλαξ in Thphr. HP 1.10.6, Plin. HN 24.83, σμῖλαξ Thphr. HP 3.18.11, 7.8.1; μ. τραχεῖα rough bindweed, Smilax aspera, Dsc. 4.142; σμ. τραχεῖα Ps.-Dsc. 4.142; μ. λεία great bindweed, Convolvulus sepium, Dsc. 4.143; σμ. λεία Ps.-Dsc. 4.143.—The σμῖλαξ or μῖλαξ of Trag. and Com. is prob. Smilax aspera (No. IV), cf. E. Ba. 108 (lyr.), 703, Ar. Nu. 1007; σμ. ἡ πολύφυλλος Eup. 14.3, cf. Ar. Av. 216 (anap.).

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