κόκκος, ὁ,
grain, seed, as of the pomegranate, [[ “hymnus ad Cererem” 372, 412, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.143, 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 36, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “γυναικεῖα” 1.37, “PTeb.” 273.47 (2nd-3rd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. Βαβυλώνιος [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Epistulae” 54 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the poppy, [[ 3rd c.BC: Euphro Comicus 11.11 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the pine, [[ “IG” 14.966.12] Refs]; of wheat, [[ 3rd c.AD: Philumenus Medicus “de Venenatis Animalibus” 3.3 ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]; of weeds in corn, [[ “PLond.” 5.1697.13 (6th c.AD)] Refs 6th c.AD+]; compare Κνίδιος: metaphorically, νόου δέ μοι οὐκ ἔνι κ. not a grain of sense, [[Timo 66.3. ] Refs]
__2 a measure, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.166, 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus “fragment” 35. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II 'berry' (gall) of kermes oak, used to dye scarlet, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.7.3, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.32] Refs 4th c.BC+]: hence, scarlet (the colour), [[ 4th c.BC: Dromo Comicus 1.4, “PHolm.” 22.1. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 κ. or κ. βαφική, ἡ, kermes oak, Quercus coccifera, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.48, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 10.36.1. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III pill, [[ 6th c.AD: Alexander Trallianus Medicus 5.4. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__IV in plural, testicles, [[ Anthologia Graeca 12.222 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]