kermes ὕσγῐνον,τό, a vegetable dye of bright crimson or scarlet colour, perh. the A. kermes(v.ὕσγη), Nic. Th. 511 , AP 6.254 ( Myrin. );hysginum, Vitr. 7.14.1 (excygnocodd.), Plin. HN 9.140 , 21.170
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kermes ὕσγῐνον,τό, a vegetable dye of bright crimson or scarlet colour, perh. the A. kermes(v.ὕσγη), Nic. Th. 511 , AP 6.254 ( Myrin. );hysginum, Vitr. 7.14.1 (excygnocodd.), Plin. HN 9.140 , 21.170