σέλῑνον,τό, Aeol.
σέλιννονChoerob.in An.Ox. 2.258 :—
A. celery, Apium graveolens, Il. 2.776 , Od. 5.72 , Batr. 54 , Ar. Nu. 982 , Eub. 36 (pl.), Thphr. HP 1.2.2 , CP 6.11.10 , Nic. Th. 649 ; σελίνου σπέρμα
Hdt. 4.71
; it had curly leaves, v. οὖλος (B), and grew in marshy spots, Il. l.c., Thphr. HP 9.11.10 ; σελίνων στεφανίσκοι
Anacr. 54
, cf. Theoc. 3.23 , AP 4.1.31 ( Mel. ); of the chaplets with which the victors at the Isthmian and Nemean games were crowned, Pi. O. 13.33 ;Κορίνθια ς. Id. N. 4.88 , cf. I. 2.16 , Com.Adesp. 153 , D.S. 16.79 ; such chaplets were also hung on tombs, τὸ ς. πένθεσι προσήκει
Duris 33
J. : hence persons dangerously ill were saidδεῖσθαι τοῦ ς., Plu. 2.676d , cf. Tim. 26 ; σελίνων στέφανος νοσοῦντας ἀναιρεῖ
Artem. 1.77
; mostly planted in garden borders (cf. ς. κηπαῖον
Dsc. 3.64