Ἄδων-ις[ᾰ],ιδος (alsoιος
Pherecr. 198 ),ὁ,Adonis,
A.
ὦ τὸν Ἄδωνιν
Sapph. 63
; Ἀδώνι' ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄ. κλάομεν
Pherecr. 170
;ὥδωνις, i.e.ὁ Ἄ., Theoc. 3.47 :—hence, generally,favourite, darling, δεῖ Ἀδώνιδας αὐτοὺς ἀκούειν
Luc. Merc.Cond. 35
, cf. Alciphr. 1.39 , AP 5.112 ( Marc.Arg. ).
2. Ἀδώνιδος κῆποιcuttings planted in potsfor the Adonia, Pl. Phdr. 276b , Thphr. HP 6.7.3 , cf. Theoc. 15.113 : prov., ofany short-lived pleasure, Sch.Pl.l.c.
3. αὐλὴ Ἀδώνιδος, at Rome, garden on the Palatine, Philostr. VA 7.32 .
II. kind offlying-fish, = ἐξώκοιτος , Clearch. 73 , Opp. H. 1.157 , etc.
III. Adonis-flower, Anemone fulgens, Aus. Idyll. 6.11 .