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1 λίβανος
λίβανος, ου, ὁ (=the frankincense tree Hdt. et al.; = the resinous gum Pind.+; cp. Phryn. 187 Lob.) frankincense, a white resinous gum, obtained fr. several kinds of a certain tree in Arabia, used both medicinally and for sacral purposes (EMaehler, ZPE 4, ’69, 99; Zohary, Plants 197). 1 Cl 25:2; Rv 18:13. W. gold and myrrh as a precious gift (highest grade of fr. six denarii for about.4 kg. Pliny, HN 12, 65) Mt 2:11; GJs 21:3 (cp. Diod S 19, 94, 5; Is 60:6; for fr. and myrrh together s. Diod S 3, 46, 3; Strabo 16, 4, 14 p. 774; Polyaenus 8, 26; En 29:2; PGM 13, 354.—As early as Empedocles 128, 6 [Vorsokr. 31] σμύρνη and λίβανος are appropriate sacrificial gifts to gods. SibOr 3, 772: a messianic gift).—ILöw, D. Flora d. Juden I 1928, 312–14; GvanBeek, BA 23, ’60, 70–95; WMüller, Glotta 52, ’74, 53–59; JBrown, JSS 25, ’80, 16–21; New Docs 4, 129–31 (Connolly).—DELG. M-M. TW. Sv. -
2 δρῦς
δρῦς, ἡ (Pelop. ὁ, acc. to Sch.Ar.Nu. 401, cf. IG9(1).485.5 ([place name] Thyrrheum), but fem. in Arc., Schwyzer 664.23): gen. δρυός: acc. δρῦν (Aδρύα Q.S.3.280
): nom. pl.δρύες Il.12.132
, A.Pr. 832, etc.,δρῦς Thphr.CP2.9.2
, Paus.8.12.1: acc. pl. , Nu. 402, , Call.Del.84, AP7.8 (Antip. Sid.): gen.δρυῶν Hdt.7.218
: dual δρύε Hdn.Gr.1.420. [ῠ, exc. in δρῦς, δρῦν: gen. δρῡός at the beginning of a verse, Hes.Op. 436]:—originally, tree (δρῦν ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοὶ.. πᾶν δένδρον Sch.Il.11.86, cf. Hsch.); including various trees, Thphr.HP3.8.2; esp. Quercus Aegilops ([etym.] φηγός ) and Quercus Ilex ([etym.] πρῖνος), cf.ἡ φηγὸς καὶ ἡ πρῖνος εἴδη δρυός Dsc.1.106
; opp. πεύκη, Il.11.494; opp. πίτυς, Od.9.186, cf. Il.13.389, 23.328, etc.; στέφανος δρυός crown of oak leaves, SIG2588.7 (Delos, ii B. C.); commonly, the oak, δ. ὑψικάρηνοι, ὑψίκομοι, Il.12.132, 14.398, cf. 13.389, 23.328, etc.; sacred to Zeus, who gave his oracles from the oaks of Dodona, Od.14.328;αἱ προσήγοροι δρύες A.Pr. 832
;πολύγλωσσος δ. S.Tr. 1168
, cf. Pl.Phdr. 275b: prov., οὐ γὰρ ἀπὸ δρυός ἐσσι.. οὐδ' ἀπὸ πέτρης thou art no foundling from the woods or rocks, i. e. thou hast parents and a country, Od.19.163, cf. Pl.Ap. 34d, R. 544d, AP10.55 (Pall.); but οὐ μέν πως νῦν ἔστιν ἀπὸ δρυὸς οὐδ' ἀπὸ πέτρης.. ὀαρίζειν 'tis no time now to talk at ease from tree or rock, like lovers, Il.22.126; ἀλλὰ τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην; why all this about trees and rocks (i. e. things we have nothing to do with)? Hes.Th.35; also διὰ πέτρας καὶ διὰ δρυὸς ὁρᾶν 'to see through a brick wall', Plu.2.1083d.II of other trees bearing acorns or mast (Paus.8.1.6), πίειρα δρῦς the resinous wood (of the pine), S.Tr. 766; of the olive, E.Cyc. 615 (lyr.); δ. θαλασσία, = ἁλίφλοιος, Ps.-Democr.Symp.Ant.p.5G.III δ. ποντία, gulf-weed, Sargassum vulgare, Thphr.HP4.6.9.IV metaph., worn-out old man, AP6.254 (Myrin.), Artem.2.25. (Cogn. with δόρυ; cf. Skt. dru- 'wood', in compds.) -
3 σμύρνα
σμύρνα, ης, ἡ (Trag., Hdt.+; En 29:2; OGI 214, 58; POxy 234 II; PGM 13, 20 al. [here mostly spelled ζμύρνα, in line w. the tendency for ζ to replace ς in pap and ins after 329 B.C.: UPohle, D. Sprache des Redners Hypereides 1928, 11f]; PGrenf I, 14, 9; 10; 18; 192, 11; 205, 11; Ps 44:9; SSol 3:6 σμ. καὶ λίβανον; Jos., Ant. 3, 197) the resinous gum of the bush ‘balsamodendron myrrha’, myrrh: w. incense and other aromatic substances (Diod S 5, 41, 4–6) 1 Cl 25:2. W. gold and incense Mt 2:11 (GJs 21:3).W. aloes (s. ἀλόη) J 19:39 (for embalming a corpse, as Hdt. 2, 40; 86; 3, 107; Theophr., HP 9, 3f).—ILöw, D. Flora d. Juden I 1928, 305–11; RSteuer, Myrrhe u. Stakte ’33; PGrassi, Aromi inutili: Religio 10, ’34, 530–33; Zohary, Plants 200; Pauly-W. III A 728–30; Kl. Pauly III 1524f; BHHW II 1263f.—DELG s.v. σμύρνη. M-M. TW. -
4 χαλβάνη
-ης ἡ N 1 1-0-0-0-1=2 Ex 30,34; Sir 24,15Semit. loanword (Hebr. חלבנה); the resinous extract of the galbanum plant, galbanumCf. CAIRD 1976, 78; LE BOULLUEC 1989, 313; TOV 1979, 221; →CHANTRAINE; FRISK -
5 πεύκινος
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6 χαλβάνη
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7 ῥητί̄νη
ῥητί̄νηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `resin, fir resin' (Hp., Arist., Thphr.), ῥητινό-κηρον n. `wax dissolved in resin' (medic.); on the neuter gender cf. βούτυρον.Derivatives: ῥητιν-ώδης `resinous', - ίτης οἶνος `resinous wine' (Dsc.; Redard 98), - ίζω `be resinous' (Dsc.), - όομαι `to be made resinous' (Hp., Dsc.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: With the formations in -ῑνος, -ῑνη there are both inherited and Pre-Greek words (Chantraine Form. 204f., Schwyzer 491). No connection, prob. Pre-Greek. The comparison with Lat. rasis f. `a kind of raw, to dust pulverized pitch, which was mixed with wine' (Walde and W.-Hofmann s.v. as supposed LW [loanword] from *ῥάσις) is uncertain. -- Lat. rēsīna continues a dial. byform *ῥησίνα (Leumann Lat. Gr. 141). The variant in Latin shows that this is a Pre-Greek word; cf. Furnée 261.Page in Frisk: 2,654Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > ῥητί̄νη
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8 λιπαρός
A oily, shiny with oil, once in Hom., anointed,λιπαροὶ κεφαλὰς καὶ καλὰ πρόσωπα Od.15.332
;λ. χωρεῖν ἐκ βαλανείου Ar.Pl. 616
; , cf. Nu. 1002; σοὶ δὲ μελήσει.. λιπαρῷ (Bentl. for - ρῶς)χωρεῖν ἐπὶ δεῖπνον Id.Ec. 652
; of oil or oily objects, shiny, Simon.148.4, X.Mem. 2.1.31, Pl.Ti. 60a, 84a, Arist.HA 520a27.2 fatty, greasy, ; τὰ λ. unctuous dishes, ib.506.1; τὸ λ. fatty substance, Arist.PA 651a24; λιπαραί (sc. ἔμπλαστροι), αἱ, oily plasters, Dsc.1.112, Gal.12.468: sts. opp. τὸ πῖον (which implies resinous substance), Arist.Mete. 387b6, cf. Col. 791b23; of vegetables boiled in grease, Hp. Mul.1.66. Adv. -ρῶς, ἕψειν boil in grease, Hp.Mul. l. c.; soλ. ἠρτυμένον Gal.9.677
; ἀνατρίβειν massage with a greasy or oily lubricant, Hp.Art.9.II of the healthy look of the human body or skin, shining, sleek, in Hom. in phrase λιπαροὶ πόδες bright, smooth feet, without a wrinkle on the skin, mostly of men's feet, in the line , al.; of Hera, 14.186; of Themis, Hes.Th. 901; -ώτεροι ἐγένοντο Hdt.3.23
;λ. στῆθος Ar.Nu. 1012
;θηρία X.Cyr.1.4.11
;χείλεα Luc.Am.13
; radiant,θυγάτηρ Χρόνου B.7.1
;ἄκοιτις Id.5.169
.III of condition or state of life, rich, comfortable, easy,γῆρας Od.11.136
, 19.368, Pi.N.7.99;λ. εὐφροσύνη AP11.63
(Maced.). Adv. -ρῶς, γηρασκέμεν Od.4.210
;πλήσαντα λ. κύκλον ἐτῶν ἑκατόν Epigr.Gr.451
.IV of things, bright, brilliant,λιπαρὴ καλύπτρη Il.22.406
;λ. κρήδεμνα Od.1.334
, etc.;χοροί Hes.Th.63
; of city walls, Od.13.388;λ. δόμος B.15.29
;νίκα Id.10.38
;στέφανοι Id.1.47
; λιπαρὰς τελέουσι θέμιστας splendid or rich tribute, Il.9.156, 298; also, of the oily smoothness of a calm sea,λ. γαλάνα Theoc.22.19
, cf. Call.Epigr.6.5; alsoσέλας Theoc.23.8
; and of smells, λ. ὀσμή rich, savoury, Arist. de An. 421a30, cf. Sens. 443b10.V of soil, fat, rich, fruitful, as epith. of places,Χίος, ἣ νήσων λιπαρωτάτη εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται h.Ap.38
;λ. πόλις Thgn.947
; λ. Ὀρχομενός, Θῆβαι, Νάξος, Μαραθών, Pi.O.14.2, P.2.3, 4.88, O.13.110; λιπαραὶ Ἀθῆναι, favourite epith. with the Athenians, prob. with allusion to the Attic olive, first in Pi.I.2.20, Fr.76, cf. Ar.Ach. 639, 640 (where he plays on the double sense of brilliant and greasy), Nu. 300, Fr. 110; λ. τὸ χρῆμα τῆς πόλεως, of Nephelococcygia, Id.Av. 826; λ. χεύματα, of rivers, A.Supp. 1028 (lyr.);λ. ὅρμος Call.Del. 155
;ἄντρον Orph.H. 59.4
([place name] Hermann), etc.Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > λιπαρός
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9 ὑπόστασις
A as an act, standing under, supporting,ἡ κεφαλὴ τοῦ μηροῦ καὶ ὁ αὐχὴν τοῦ ἄρθρου.. ὑπὸ συχνῷ μέρει τοῦ ἰσχίου τὴν ὑ. πεποίηται Hp.Art.55
; [τοὺς προσθίους πόδας] ἔχουσιν.. οὐ μόνον ἕνεχ' ὑποστάσεως τοῦ βάρους Arist.PA 659a24
;ἐνεπάγην εἰς ἰλὺν βυθοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὑ. LXX Ps.68(69).3
.2 resistance,τοῦ κύματος Arist.Mete. 368b12
(unless = settling down); so perh. in Hp.Off.3, Ael.Fr.59.B as a thing,I in liquids, that which settles at the bottom, sediment, Hp.Steril.242, Arist.HA 551b29, Mete. 382b14, Thphr.HP 9.8.3; esp. of sediment in the urine, Hp.Coac. 146, 389, Aph.4.69, al., Gal.6.252, al.; but the urine itself is called ἡ ὑ. ἡ εἰς τὴν κύστιν, Arist. Mete. 358a8;ἡ τῆς ὑγρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ. Id.PA 647b28
; ἐκ τῶν νεφρῶν ἡ γιγνομένη ὑ. ib. 671b20; also of the dry excrement, ἡ τῆς ξηρᾶς τροφῆς ὑ. ib. 647b28, cf. 677a15, Mete. 358b9.b an accumulation of pus, abscess, Hp.Art.40.2 νέφους ὑποστάσεις cloud-cumuli, D.S.1.38.4 metaph. of time, duration,ἡ στιγμιαία τῶν καιρῶν ὑ. Gal.19.187
; μνήσθητι τίς μου ἡ ὑ. remember how short my time is, LXX Ps.88(89).48; ἡ ὑ. μου ὡσεὶ οὐθὲν ἐνώπιόν σου mine age is as nothing before thee, ib.38(39).6; ἐφ' ὅσον αὐτοῦ (sc. Ἕκτορος) ἡ ὑ. τῶν χρόνων ὑπῆρχεν as long as his store of years lasted, Vett.Val.347.14.5 coming into existence, origin,ἡ ὑ. μου ἐν τοῖς κατωτάτω τῆς γῆς LXX Ps.138(139).15
;περὶ τοῦ γένους.. τῶν Ἰουδαίων.. ὅτι.. τὴν πρώτην ὑ. ἔσχεν ἰδίαν J.Ap.1.1
; ἀκμὴ οὐδὲ ἔχει γενέσεως ὑ. καθ' ἑαυτήν has no power of originating by itself, Hermog. Id.1.10.II foundation or substructure of a temple, etc., LXX Na.2.7, D.S.1.66, 13.82; ὑποστάσεις ἐπάλξεων lower part of a crenellated wall, Ph.Bel.84.9; ὑ. ξύλου is f.l. for ὑπότασις ξ. in Hp. Mochl.25.2 metaph. of a narrative, speech, or poem, ground-work, subject-matter, argument, Plb.4.2.1, D.S.1.3, etc.3 plan, purpose, Id.16.32;κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ. Id.1.28
, 15.70;πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν ὑ. Id.1.3
; οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι.. ἰδίᾳ τινὶ ὑ. κεχρημένοι εἰσί (sc. in their calendar) Gem.8.16, cf. 25;κατὰ τὴν Καίσαρος ὑ. BMus.Inscr.892.21
(Halic., i B. C./i A. D.).4 confidence, courage, resolution, steadiness, of soldiers, Plb.4.50.10,6.55.2; hope,ἔστι μοι ὑ. τοῦ γενηθῆναί με ἀνδρί LXX Ru.1.12
; ἀπώλετο ἡ ὑ. αὐτῆς ib.Ez.19.5, cf. Ep.Hebr.3.14;ἡ ὑ. τῆς καυχήσεως 2 Ep.Cor.11.17
, cf. 9.4; ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις confidence in things hoped for, Ep.Hebr.11.1 (unless substance be the right sense here).5 undertaking, promise,οἱ ὑπογεγραμμένοι γεωργοὶ ἐπέδωκαν ἡμῖν ὑπόστασιν PEleph.15.3
(iii B. C.), cf. PTheb.Bank1.8 (ii B. C.), PTeb.61 (b). 194 (ii B. C.).6 Astrol., τὰ τούτου (sc. κλήρου τύχης) τετράγωνα ὑπόστασις (fort. - στάσεις) [λέγεται] Serapio in Cat.Cod.Astr.8(4).227.III substantial nature, substance, δύσσχιστα, τῷ κολλώδη τὴν ὑ. ἔχειν woods hard to cleave, because of their resinous substance, Thphr.CP5.16.4; ἡ τοῦ γεώδους ὑ. ib.6.7.4.2 substance, actual existence, reality (οἱ νεώτεροι τῶν φιλοσόφων ἀντὶ τῆς οὐσίας τῇ λέξει τῆς ὑ. ἐχρήσαντο Socr. HE3.7
), opp. semblance,φαντασίαν μὲν ἔχειν πλούτου, ὑ. δὲ μή Artem.3.14
; τῶν ἐν ἀέρι φαντασμάτων τὰ μέν ἐστι κατ' ἔμφασιν, τὰ δὲ καθ' ὑπόστασιν (substantial, actual), Arist.Mu. 395a30, cf. Placit.3.6, D.L.7.135, 9.91; so ὑποστάσεις are the substances of which the reflections ([etym.] αἱ κατοπτρικαὶ ἐμφάσεις) appear in the mirror, Placit.4.14.2; ὑ. ἔχειν have substantial existence, Demetr.Lac.Herc.1055.14, S.E. P.2.94, 176, M.Ant.9.42; ἰδίᾳ χρησάμενον ὑποστάσει ( ὑποτάσει cod.), πρὸς ἰδίαν ὑ. φυτευθέντα, a separate existence, Sor.1.96, cf. 33;ὑπόστασιν μὴ ἔχειν Id.2.57
;ὑποστάσεις τε καὶ μεταβολαί M.Ant.9.1
, cf. 10.5; [ἡ παρασιτικὴ] διαφέρει καὶ τῆς ῥητορικῆς καὶ τῆς φιλοσοφίας.. κατὰ τὴν ὑ. (in respect of reality)· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ὑφέστηκεν, αἱ δὲ οὔ Luc. Par.27
;κατ' ἰδίαν ὑ. καὶ οὐσίαν S.E.M.9.338
.3 real nature, essence,χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑ. Ep.Hebr.1.3
.IV as a Rhet. figure, the full expression or expansion of an idea, Hermog.Id.1.11, Aristid. Rh.1p.479S., Syrian. in Hermog.1.60 R.VI wealth, substance, property, ib.De.11.6, Je.10.17, POxy.1274.15 (iii A. D.), BGU1020.16 (vi A. D.), etc.2 pl., title deeds, documents recording ownership of property, POxy.237 viii 26 (ii A. D.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > ὑπόστασις
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10 δαίω
Grammatical information: v.Meaning: `kindle',Other forms: intr. perf. δέδηα `burn', ptc. δεδαυμένος (Semon. 30 B), δάηται (Υ 316, Φ 375), aor. δαῆναι, ἐκδαβῃ̃ (= -Ϝῃ̃) ἐκκαυθῃ̃. Λάκωνες H. (Il.).Compounds: Compp. ἀνα- (A.) κατα- (H.). θεσπι-δᾰές ( πῦρ, Μ 177 etc.) `flaming godlike' (rather to aor. δαῆναι then to δάος?). δᾳδοῦχος `holding a torch'.Derivatives: δάος n. (\< *δάϜος) `torch' (Hom.) with δᾱνός \< *δαϜεσ-νός `good for a torch, dry' (ο 322, Ar. Pax 1134 [lyr.]). δᾱλός m. `fire-brand' (Il.) \< *δᾰϜελός (= δαβελός δαλός. Λάκωνες H.), δαελός (Sophr.); *δάϜος:* δαϜελ-ός like νέφος: νεφέλ-η; further δαῦλον ἡμίφλεκτον ξύλον H. Demin. δᾱλίον (Ar.); δᾱλός also = μελάνουρος ἰχθύς H. (from the light-organs, Strömberg Fischnamen 55f., or because of the black tail?), metaph. `burnt out = old man' (AP), with hypocoristic gemination δαλλώ ἡ ἀπόπληκτος. οἱ δε την ἔξωρον παρθένον η γυναῖκα καὶ πρεσβυτέραν H. δαΐς (\< *δαϜίς), - ίδος, Att. δᾳς, δᾳδός (s. below) f. `torch' (Il.), from where the demin. δᾳδίον (Ar.), δᾳδίς `torch-feast' (Luc.), δᾳδινος `to the torch, of pine-wood' (Gal.), δᾳδώδης `resinous' (Thphr., Plut.) to δᾳς `fire-brand', `disease in pines, resin-glut' (Thphr.); δᾳδόομαι `become afflicted with resin-glut' with δᾳδωσις (Thphr.), s. Strömberg Theophrastea 167. δαύακες θυμάλωπες H., cf. Bechtel Dial. 1, 118, Grošelj Živa Ant. 2, 206. δαερόν μέλαν. καὶ τὸ καιόμενον H., perh. also Emp. 90 for δαλερός. δαηρόν θερμόν, καυματηρόν, λαμπρόν, προφανές H. δαηθμόν ἐμπρησμόν H., on the formation s. Chantr. Form. 137f.; Latte with Voß for it δαιθμόν. δαῦκος ὁ θρασύς. καὶ βοτάνη τις Κρητική H., s. s. v. Here also δαΐ `in battle' \< *δαϜ-ί, loc. of a root noun *δαῦς (Schwyzer 578)?.Etymology: As shown by δεδαυμένος, δαίω is from *δαϜ-ι̯ω. From metathesized (cf Kor. ΔιδαίϜων) *δαίϜω originates Att. δᾳς (δᾱις \< *δαιϜ-ις). The perfect δέδηα \< *δέ-δᾱϜ-α resembles Skt. du-dāv-a (gramm.), to which present du-nó-ti `burn'. Further Skt. forms in Pok. 179f. So IE *d(e)h₂u̯-? Further perhaps OIr. dōim `burn', OHG zuscen `id.'. See δύη; and δήϊος.Page in Frisk: 1,342-343Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > δαίω
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11 λιγνύς
A thick smoke mixed with flame, murky fire (such as is made by burning resinous substances, Arist.Mete. 387b6, al.),ἱέντα.. διὰ στόμα λιγνὺν μέλαιναν A.Th. 494
; στέροψ λ., of the fires seen by night on the two peaks of Parnassus, S.Ant. 1127 (lyr.);λ. σῶμα καταιθαλοῖ Ar.Av. 1241
; λ. καὶ καπνός Id. Lys. 319;λιγνὺς πρόσεδρος S.Tr. 794
, expld. by Sch. of the smoke of the altar hanging round Heracles: pl.,αἱ φλόγες καὶ αἱ λ. Plb.34.11.18
, cf. Str.6.2.11.2 soot, λ. ἐστι καπνώδης αἰθάλη Erot.s.v. γλῶσσαλιγνυώδης; used medicinally, Dsc.2.72, Gal.12.61. [[pron. full] ῡ Tryph. 322; but [pron. full] ῠ Call. l.c., and prob. in S.Ant. l.c.]
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