λειχήν, ῆνος, ὁ,
tree-moss, lichen, implied in [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus (compare λειχηνιάω). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 a kind of liver-wort, that grows on damp rocks, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.53] Refs 1st c.AD+]; but ἵππειος λ., ={ἱππολειχήν}, [[ 2nd c.BC: Nicander Epicus “Theriaca” 945. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__3 a lichen-like eruption on the skin of animals, especially on the chin, mentagra, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 281 (_plural_), 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.20 (_plural_), 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Sudore” 14 (_plural_), LXX.Lev.21.20, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.75, 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 8.16 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; also, of the ground, blight, canker, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 785 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 in horses, the normal callosity on foreleg, chestnut, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 2.43 (_plural_), 5th c.AD: Caelius Aurelianus Medicus “TP” 1.138 (_plural_).] Refs 1st c.AD+] —In codices frequently written λιχήν.