- κύανος
- κύᾰνος [ῠ], ὁ (later ἡ, v. infr. 1.3, 7),A dark-blue enamel, esp. used to adorn armour,
δέκα οἶμοι μέλανος κυάνοιο Il.11.24
, cf. 35;πτύχες κυάνου Hes.Sc.143
; also θριγκὸς κυάνοιο, of a cornice, Od.7.87; so perh. in IG12.367.7, 42(1).102.244 (Epid.).2 lapis lazuli, κ. αὐτοφυής (opp. σκευαστός) Thphr.Lap.39, al., Dsc.5.91, etc. (perh. also in Pl.Phd.113c); κ. ἄρρην, θῆλυς, Thphr.Lap.31: also an imitation made in Egypt, ib.55.3 blue copper carbonate, Hp.Cord.2, Gal.12.233 (ὁ and ἡ), Luc.Lex.22;βαπτὴ κ. AP6.229
(Crin.).4 blue cornflower, Plin.HN21.68.5 a bird, perh. blue thrush, Turdus cyanus, Arist.HA617a23, Ael.NA4.59.6 sea-water, Hsch.7 fem., the colour blue, Alex.Aphr.in Mete.162.4.II as Adj., = κυάνεος, Nic.Th.438 (unless κυανός as in Phlp.in GC23.11, codd. Pl.l.c.): [comp] Comp. -ώτερος Anacreont.16.11: [comp] Sup. -ώτατος Philostr. Im.1.6. [[pron. full] ῡ in dactylic verses, metri gr., cf. κυάνεος, etc.]
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