ληνούς

ληνός

anything shaped like a tub: masc acc pl

σῑληνούς, σῑληνός

a figure of Silenus: masc acc pl

-οῦ ⁺ ἡ N 2 7-3-6-6-1=23 Gn 30,38.41; Ex 22,28; Nm 18,27.30

wine vat in which grapes are pressed, winepress Ex 22,28; press for wine or oil Jl 2,24; cask, large jar

(to conserve wine) Prv 3,10; trough, watering place Gn 30,38

πατοῦντας ληνούς treading the grapes Neh 13,15

Cf. DREW-BEAR 1972, 206-207; SCHNEBEL 1925, 284-286; →MM

πᾰτ-έω, Delph. [full] βᾰτέω Plu.2.292e ; [dialect] Aeol. [full] μάτημι [pron. full] [ᾰ] Sapph.54: ([etym.] πάτος):—

A tread, walk,

π. ὁδοῖς σκολιαῖς Pi.P.2.85

;

πρὸς βωμόν A.Ag.

1298 ; ὑψοῦ π. walk on high, of a king, Pi.O. 1.115 ;

π. ἐπάνω ὄφεων Ev.Luc. 10.19

:—[voice] Pass.,

οἱ ἔχεις πατηθέντες Porph.Abst. 1.14

.

II trans., tread on, tread,

πόας τέρεν ἄνθος μάτεισαι Sapph.

l. c.;

πορφύρας πατεῖν A.Ag. 957

;

δωμάτων πύλας Id.Ch. 732

; χῶρος οὐχ ἁγνὸς πατεῖν holy ground, S.OC37 ; π. τὸν ἁδὺν οἶνον ἀπ' ἀμπέλω tread grapes, Hybrias(Scol. 28.4) ;

ληνούς LXXNe. 13.15

, cf. Apoc.19.15, Ruf. ap. Orib.5.12.1 ; also, thresh corn,

π. τὰ θέρη PFlor. 150.5

(iii A.D.) ;

κριθὴν καλῶς πεπατημένην POxy. 988

(iii A.D.) ;

π. ἐκ τοῦ χόρτου σπέρματα PFlor.388.5

(ii A.D.).

2 walk in, i.e. dwell in, frequent,

Λῆμνον πατῶν S.Ph. 1060

;

γαῖαν Theoc.18.20

;

π. πόντον Opp.C.2.218

;

νῶτα ἁλός AP7.532

(Isid.) ; rarely of vehicles,

τὰ μὴ πατέουσιν ἅμαξαι Call. Aet. Oxy.2079.25

: metaph., εὐνὰς ἀδελφοῦ π. frequent, A.Ag. 1193 ;

ἐμεῖο δέμνιον οὐκ ἐπάτησε Call.Del. 248

; οὐδ' Αἴσωπονπεπάτηκας hast not thumbed Aesop, Ar.Av. 471 ; τὸν Τεισίαν.. πεπάτηκας ἀκριβῶς you have studied him carefully, Pl.Phdr. 273a :—[voice] Pass., to be hackneyed,

τῇ ποιητικῇ πεπατῆσθαι Phld.Po.Herc. 1676.10

; πεπατημένος well-worn, trite, ῥήσεις, λόγοι, Ph.2.345, 444, cf. Porph. ap. Eus.PE10.3 ;

τὸ πεπατημένον A.D.Pron.45.6

.

3 tread under foot, trample on, τινα S.Aj. 1146, Pl.Phdr. 248a, etc. ;

βουλήν Ar.Eq. 166

;

πόλιν Apoc.11.2

: abs.,

πατοῦσι καὶ λακτίζουσι καὶ δάκνουσι Gal.16.562

: metaph., π. κλέος, τιμὰς τὰς θεῶν, A.Ag. 1357, S.Ant. 745 ;

τὰ τοῖν θεοῖν ψηφίσματα Ar.V. 377

:—and in [voice] Pass.,

τὰ.. δίκαια.. λάγδην πατεῖται S.Fr. 683

, cf. A.Ch. 644 (lyr.), Eu. 110.

ληνός, οῦ, ἡ a term for someth. hollow, such as a vat or trough, hence also wine-press (so Theocr.; Diod S 3, 63, 4; ins: Sb 7541, 11 [II A.D.]; PAmh 48, 7 [106 B.C.]; POxy 729, 19; LXX; JosAs 2:20 ‘trough’; Jos., Ant. 5, 213 al.; Just., D. 86, 2) γεννήματα λ. produce of the wine-press (cp. Num 18:30) D 13:3 (s. γέννημα). Hewn in the rock (cp. POxy 502, 36 [164 A.D.] τὰς ληνοὺς λιθίνας) Mt 21:33.—In Rv fig. πατεῖν τὴν λ. tread the wine-press (i.e. the grapes in it; Diod S 4, 5, 1 πατῆσαι τ. σταφυλὰς ἐν ληνῷ; s. also 2 Esdr 23:15; La 1:15; cp. Jer 31:33) Rv 19:15; pass. 14:20a. βάλλειν εἰς τὴν ληνόν pour into the wine-press (cp. Anacreontea 59, 4 Pr. κατὰ ληνὸν βάλλειν … πατεῖν) 14:19. Blood (cp. the ‘blood of the grape’) flows fr. the wine-press vs. 20b.—DELG. M-M. TW.