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ἀνεμώνη

ἀνεμώνη, the wind-flower, anemone

ἀνεμ-ώνη, ἡ,
  • poppy anemone, Anemone coronaria, Cratin. 98, Pherecr. 108.25, Theoc. 5.92, Thphr. HP 7.10.2; ἀ. ἥμερος Dsc. 2.176.
      • 2 ἀ. ἀγρία scarlet wind-flower, Anemone fulgens, ibid.; also called ἀ. φοινικῆ Crateuas Fr. 4; ἀ. λειμωνία Thphr. HP 6.8.1.
      • 3 ἀ. ὀρεία, mountain wind-flower, Anemone blanda, ibid.; αἷμα ῥόδον τίκτει, τὰ δὲ δάκρυα τὰν ἀ. Bion 1.66.
    • II metaph., ἀνεμῶναι λόγων flowers of speech (with suggestion of emptiness), Luc. Lex. 23.

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