Phoenician,
φοῖνιξ,ῑκος,ὁ,ἡ,
A. Phoenician,
Φοῖνιξ ἀνὴρ ἀπατήλια εἰδώς
Od. 14.288
, cf. 13.272 , 15.415 ; ὡς Φ. ἀνήρ, Σιδώνιος κάπηλος
S. Fr. 909
.
2. fem., γυνή Φοίνισσα
Od. 15.417
;Φοίνισσαι,name of plays by Euripides, Phrynichus, etc.; also Φ. ἐμπολά
Pi. P. 2.67
;χθών, νᾶσος,etc., E. Ph. 6 , 204 (lyr.), etc.;Φ. βοάib. 301 (lyr.); κώπη
Id. Hel. 1272
; Φ. ἄμπεχος
PCair.Zen. 33.14
(iii B. C.).
II. Carthaginian,
ἀλαλατός
Pi. P. 1.72
; also fem., Φοίνισσαι νῆες
Th. 1.116
, D.S. 13.80 .
B. φοῖνιξ,ῑκος,ὁ,purpleorcrimson,because the discovery and earliest use of this colour was ascribed to the Phoenicians, Il. 4.141 , 6.219 , Od. 23.201 , etc.:—hence,
2. asAdj.(fem. φοίνισσα
Pi.
(v. infr.);φοῖνιξas fem., E. Tr. 815 ),blood-bay,of a horse, Il. 23.454 ; ofredcattle, φοίνισσα ἀγέλα
Pi. P. 4.205
, cf. Theoc. 25.128 : of the colour of fire, φοίνισσα φλόξ
Pi. P. 1.24
;πυρὸς φ. πνοάE.l.c.; also φ. ἱμάντες
Simon. 17
; πέπλοι
E. Hel. 181
(lyr.), etc.
II. date-palm, Phoenix dactylifera,
Od. 6.163 , h.Ap. 117 , Pi. Fr. 75
14 (dub.), E. Hec. 458 (lyr.), D.S. 2.53 ; τόξα ἐκ φοίνικος σπάθης πεποιημένα
Hdt. 7.69
, etc.: the male and female distd. by Hdt. as [ὁ φ.] ἔρσηνand [ἡ φ.] βαλανηφόρος,
1.193 (but the latter is masc., ibid. and in 4.172 , 182 ); φοινίκων . . τῶν καρπίμων οἱ μὲν ἄρρενες αἱ δὲ θήλειαι
Thphr. HP 2.6.6
, butαἱ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀρρένων πρὸς τοὺς θήλεις [βοήθειαι] ib. 2.8.4 .
2. palm-frond,as abadge of victory,Arist MM 1196a36 , Plu. 2.723b , etc.; τὸν φ. τινὶ ἀποδοῦναι
Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.175
.
3. date,
Hellanic. 56J. , Epich. 18 , Antiph. 65 , Ephipp. 24 ; more correctly, τοῦφοίνικος ὁ καρπός
Hdt. 1.193
; καρπὸς φοίνικος
Hermipp. 63.22
(hex.); cf.φοινικοβάλανος.
III.
ὁ χαμαιρριφής dwarf-palm, Chamaerops humilis,
Thphr. HP 2.6.11
.
2. a Bactrian tree,Mazri palm, Nannorhops ritchieana,ib. 4.4.8 .
3. a sea-plant,Callophyllis laciniata,ib. 4.6.2 , 10 .
4. rye-grass, Lolium perenne,
Dsc. 4.43 .
IV. a musical instrument,likeaguitar,invented by the Phoenicians, Hdt. 4.192 , Ephor. 4
J. , Phillis 2 (pl.), Scamon 3 ; but so called because made from the Delian palm, acc. to Semus 1 .
V. the fabulous birdphoenix,
Hes. Fr. 171.4 , Antiph. 175 ; from Arabia acc. to Hdt. 2.73 ; but from India, Philostr. VA 3.49 : prov., φοίνικος ἔτη βιοῦν
Luc. Herm. 53
.
VI. anornament,
LXX Ez. 41.25 .
VII. perfume prepared from the fronds of the date-palm,
Thphr. Od. 28 .
VIII. afish,
Ael. NA 12.24 .
IX. abandage,
Heliod. ap. Orib. 49.11.2 .
X.
= εὐρύνοτος , Agathem. 2.7 .
XI. φ. ἐν ὁπλῇ,a disease of the hoof, Hippiatr. 10 .
XII. an eye-salve, Aët. 7.116 . [In all senses of the wordῑin gen., but nom.φοῖνιξ,notφοίνιξ,Hdn.Gr. ap. Choerob. in Thd. 1.292 .]
