Ὑακίνθινον

hyacinthine

Translated by David Whitehead21 Dec 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

3 words

[Meaning] blackish, purple.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ὑακίνθινον· ὑπομελανίζον, πορφυρίζον.

Betacode

*(uaki/nqinon: u(pomelani/zon, porfuri/zon.

Likewise or similarly in other lexica; references at Photius upsilon2 Theodoridis.
For this adjective see e.g. Homer, Odyssey 6.231, where the phrase "hyacinthine flower" occurs (cf. Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1298); and several times in the early books of the Septuagint.

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