κῆπος, Dor.
κᾶπος(also Inscr.Cypr. 135.20 H.),ὁ,
A. garden, orchard, orplantation, Od. 7.129 , 24.247 , 338 ; πολυδένδρεος
4.737
; of any rich, highly cultivated region, asἈφροδίτας κᾶπος, i.e. Cyrene, Pi. P. 5.24 ;Διὸς κ., i.e. Libya, ib. 9.53 (butΔιὸς κῆποι, also of heaven, S. Fr. 320 (lyr.);Φοίβου παλαιὸς κ., of the eastern sky, ib. 956 , cf. Pl. Smp. 203b ; cf. Ὠκεανοῦ κ.
Ar. Nu. 271
); κ. Εὐβοίας
S. Fr. 24
;οἱ Μίδεω κῆποι,in Macedonia, Hdt. 8.138 ; of the country round Panormus, Call. Hist. 2 ; theenclosurefor the Olympic games, Pi. O. 3.24 ;οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν κ.the scholars of Epicurus, because he taught in agarden, S.E. M. 9.64 , cf. D.L. 10.10 ;οἱ Ἀδώνιδος κ., v. Ἀδωνις; οἱ Ταντάλου κ. , prov. of illusory pleasures, Philostr. VS 1.20.1 : metaph.,Χαρίτων νέμομαι κᾶπον, i.e. poetic art, Pi. O. 9.27 ; ἐκ Μουσῶν κ. τινῶν . . δρεπόμενοι τὰ μέλη
Pl. Ion 534a
; τοὺς ἐν τοῖς γράμμασι κ. σπείρειν
Id. Phdr. 276d