made of
κῠᾰ́ν-εος,α,ον, contr.
κῠᾰνοῦς,ῆ,οῦν
Pl. Ti. 68c , etc., prob. in A. Pers. 81 (lyr.), Euph. 51.7 (cf.
A.
κύανος
11
):—made of κύανος(q.v.), κάπετος
Il. 18.564
; δράκοντες
11.26
, cf. 39 , Hes. Sc. 167 .
II. of the colour of κ.,dark-blue, glossy, of the swallow, Simon. 74 ; of the halcyon, Arist. HA 616a15 ; of the skin of the porpoise, ib. 566b12 ; of thedeepsea, E. IT 7 , cf. Arist. Pr. 932a31 ; πόντου κ. δῖναι
Xenarch. 1.7
;κ. χρῶμαPl.l.c.; τὸ κ. ἐξ ἰσάτιδος καὶ πυρώδους
Thphr. Sens. 77
.
2. generally,dark, black, of the mourning veil of Thetis, Il. 24.94 ; of clouds, 5.345 , 20.418 , Od. 12.75 ; of the brows of Zeus, Il. 1.528 ; χαῖται
22.402
; γενειάδες
Od. 16.176
;ἄνδρες, of Africans, Hes. Op. 527 ;γαῖα ψάμμῳ κυανέη(of the bottom of Charybdis) Od. 12.243 ;κ. χθών, of Delos, Pi. Fr. 87.4 ;κ. θάλαμος, of the chamber of Persephone, Sapph. 119 ;φάλαγγες κ. darkmasses of warriors, Il. 4.282 ; κυάνεον Τρώων νέφος
16.66
: metaph., Κῆρες κ.
Hes. Sc. 249
; κ. δνόφος
Simon. 37.8
; λόχμα
Pi. O. 6.40
; Ἄιδης
IG 14.1389i
i25 . [ῡ, metri gr., in dactylic verse, Hom. , etc.]
