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ἄμπελος

ἄμπελος, vine

ἄμπελος, ἡ,
  • any climbing plant with tendrils, esp. grape-vine, Vitis vinifera (ἄ. οἰνοφόρος Dsc. 4.181; ἄ. τῆς Ἴδης is a variety, V.v. apyrena, grape-currant, Thphr. HP 3.17.4), Hom. (not in Il. exc. in Adj. ἀμπελόεις), etc.; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ καὶ ἄμπελοι Od. 9.110, cf. 133, Alc. 44, Hdt. 4.195, etc.; ἄ. καὶ ἐλάαν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἀκρόδρυα Thphr. HP 4.4.11; ἄ. τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν κόπτοντες, in collective sense (cf. ἵππος, ἡ), Th. 4.90; of wine, ἀμπέλου δρόσος Pi. O. 7.2; ἀμπέλου παῖς Id. N. 9.52.
      • 2 ἄ. ἀγρία wild vine, Vitis silvestris, Dsc. 4.181, 5.2, Plin. HN 23.19:—also = ἄ. λευκή, Thphr. 9.14.1, 9.20.3, Gal. 14.186.
      • 3 ἄ. λευκή bryony, Bryonia cretica, Dsc. 4.182, Gal. 11.826 (but λευκὴ ἄ. white grape, Thphr. CP 1.20.5).
      • 4 ἄ. μέλαινα black bryony, Tamus communis, Dsc. 4.183, Gal. 11.827.
      • 5 ἄ. ποντία wrack, Fucus volubilis, Thphr. HP 4.6.9.
    • II vineyard, Ael. NA 11.32.
    • III engine for protecting besiegers, mantlet, Apollod. Poliorc. 141.7.
    • IV measure of length, = 20 παλαισταί, Hero Def. 131.
    • V = αἰγιαλός (Cyren.), Hsch.

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