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φῦκος

φῦκος, seaweed; a fish species; rouge

φῦκος, εος, τό,
  • seaweed, wrack, Il. 9.7; ὄστρεια . . φῦκος ἠμφιεσμένα Alex. 110.2; differing from βρύον in size, Arist. HA 603a17, cf. Thphr. HP 4.6.2: Ep. dat. pl. φύκεσσι Alcm. 6: φ. θαλάσσιον οὖλον orchella-weed, Roccella tinctoria, Dsc. 4.99; called φ. πόντιον in Thphr. HP 4.6.4; φ. θ. πλατύ peacockʼs tail, Padina mediterranea, Dsc. l.c.; φ. ὑπόμηκες καιʼ ὑποφοινικίζον Nitrophyllum punctatum, ibid.; φ. ὅμοιον τῇ ἀγρώστει mattress grass-weed, Zostera marina, Thphr. HP 4.6.6; φ. πλατύφυλλον, = πράσον 2, ib. 2; φ. τριχόφυλλον ὥσπερ τὸ μάραθον, Cystoseira foeniculosa, ib. 3.
      • 2 sedge or weed growing in a lake, Nic. Al. 576.
    • II orchil, prepared from φῦκος I.1 and used as rouge by Greek women, Ar. Fr. 320.5, Theoc. 15.16, IG 5(1).1390.22 (Andania, i B. C.), Alciphr. 1.33.
    • III = φυκίς, Gloss.

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