πόα, ἡ,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ποίη, Doric dialect ποία [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus (see. below), also in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 333 (trimeter), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 606 (troch.)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Boeotian dialect πύας, αο, ὁ, [[ “Schwyzer” 485.1, +others (Thespiae, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— grass, νέμεαι τέρεν᾽ ἄνθεα ποίης [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.449; κεκορηότε ποίης, of oxen, 18.372 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐν ποίῃ[[ [prev. work] 368; χθὼν.. φύεν νεοθηλέα π. 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.347; ἀμφὶ δὲ ποίη.. ἀέξετο 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 194, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.53, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] [same place], etc.; π. Μηδική, see at {Μηδικός}.
__2 generally, herb, π. τὸ ἀπὸ ῥίζης φυλλοφόρον προϊὸν ἀστέλεχες [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.3.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; collective, herbaceous plants, τῆς π. τὸ ἡλιοτρόπιον [[[prev. work] 7.3.1 ] Refs]; especially of medicinal herbs, καλοῦσι πόαν ἔνια τῶν φαρμακωδῶν οἱ ῥιζοτόμοι [[[prev. work] 9.8.1 ] Refs]; of φυλλώδεις δυνάμεις, [[[prev. passage]] Refs]; ποίαν τρίψας [[ “IG” 42(1).122.121 (Epid., 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; frequently in [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, see at {ἀβρότονον}, +others ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__2.b lye, [[ LXX.Jer.2.22, “Mal.” 3.2. ] LXX]
__3 plant in general, π. ἡ βοτάνη [[ “Etymologicum Magnum” 677.49, +others] Refs]; π. Παρνασίς, i.e. the bay or laurel, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.20; στεφάνοισί νιν ποίας ἔρεπτον [prev. work] 4.240: hence, _metaphorically_, κεῖραι μελιαδέα ποίαν [prev. work] 9.37. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]