ἄμπελος, ἡ,
any climbing plant with tendrils, especially grape-vine, Vitis vinifera (ἄ. οἰνοφόρος[[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.181] Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἄ.τῆς Ἴδης is a variety, V.see. apyrena, grape-currant, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.17.4), 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (not in 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” except in _adjective_ ἀμπελόεις), etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ καὶ ἄμπελοι[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.110, compare 133, 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 44, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.195, etc.; ἄ. καὶ ἐλάαν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἀκρόδρυα 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.4.11] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν κόπτοντες, in collective sense (compare ἵππος, ἡ), [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.90 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wine, ἀμπέλου δρόσος[[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.2; ἀμπέλου παῖς [prev. author] “N.” 9.52. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 ἄ. ἀγρία wild vine, Vitis silvestris, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.181, 5.2, 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 23.19:—also ={ἄ. λευκή}, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus 9.14.1, 9.20.3, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.186. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 ἄ. λευκή bryony, Bryonia cretica, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.182, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.826 (but λευκὴ ἄ.] Refs 1st c.AD+] white grape, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 1.20.5). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 ἄ μέλαινα black bryony, Tamus communis, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.183, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.827. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]