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1 άωτα
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2 ἄωτα
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3 λωτός
λωτός, ὁ (λῶτα· ἄνθη, Hsch. is perh. for ἄωτα), name applied to various plants and trees (Thphr.HP7.15.3, Plin.HN14.101, cf. Hsch.) providing fodder or fruit:I fodder plants,1 clover, trefoil, Trifolium fragiferum, Od.4.603, Thphr.HP7.8.3, 7.13.5, Dsc. 4.111.2 fellbloom, Lotus corniculatus, Il.14.348, Plin.HN22.55.3 = τῆλις, fenugreek, Trigonella Foenum-graecum, Dsc.2.102; λ. ἄγριος wild fenugreek, T. gladiata, Id.4.111, Gal.12.65.4 melilot, T. graeca, Thphr.HP9.7.3.b Italian melilot, Melilotus messanensis, Dsc.4.110, Gal. l.c.5 = κύτισος, Medicago arborea, Ps.-Dsc.4.112.II Nile water-lily, Egyptian lotus, Nymphaea Lotus, Hdt.2.92, Thphr.HP4.8.9, PHib.1.152 (iii B.C.), Dsc.4.113, Plin.HN13.107; the blue species ( Nymphaea stellata), Thphr.HP 4.8.11; also, Nymphaea Nelumbo, Ath.3.73a.III of trees found in Libya,1 nettle-tree, Celtis australis, Thphr.HP1.5.3, 4.3.1, Dsc. 1.117, etc.; used for making flutes, Thphr.HP4.3.4: henceb in E. (lyr.) and later poets, flute,λ... Μουσᾶν θεράπων El. 716
, cf. Pae.Delph.12, AP7.182 (pl., Mel.);Λίβυς λ. E.Tr. 544
, Hel. 170, IA 1036, prob. in Limen.13.2 tree growing among the Lotophagi, Zizyphus Lotus,λωτοῖο.. μελιηδέα καρπόν Od.9.94
, cf. Hdt.2.96, 4.177, Thphr.HP4.3.1-4, Plb.12.2.2. -
4 ἄωτον
A the choicest, the flower of its kind: in Hom. mostly of the finest wool,οἰὸς ἄωτον Il.13.599
, 716, Od.1.443; without οἰός (which must be supplied from the context), flock, down, 9.434; once of the finest linen,λίνοιό τε λεπτὸν ἄωτον Il.9.661
; of the golden fleece,χρύσεον ἄωτον A.R.4.176
, cf. Orph.A. 1336; ἄκρον ἄωτον [ὕδατος], of pure water, Call.Ap. 112; of the foam on a wave,κύματος ἄκρῳ ἀ. Id.Hec.1.4.3
;μέλιτος ἄ. γλυκύς Pi.Pae.6.59
: freq. in Pi., ἄ. ζωᾶς the prime or flower of life, Id.I.5(4).12; ἄ. στεφάνων the fairest of.., ib.6(5).4, cf. O.5.1; Χαρίτων ἄ. their fairest gift, Id.I. 8(7).16; σοφίας ἄκρος ἄ. the choicest gift of minstrel's art, ib.7(6).18; ἄ. γλώσσας, i.e. a song, ib.1.51;ὕμνων Id.P.10.53
;δίκας ἄ. Id.N.3.29
;Ἀφροδίτας.. ἄωτον A.Supp. 666
(lyr.): rarely in pl.,στεφάνων ἄωτοι Pi.O.9.19
;ἡρώων ἄωτοι Id.N.8.9
;ῥόδων ἄωτοι Simon.148
: in Epitaphs, θνῄσκω.. ἀκμᾶς ἐν ἀώτῳ in the flower of youth, IG3.1328;τὸν.. ἄωτον τοῦ δήμου CIG2804
, cf. Epigr.Gr.455.II that which gives honour and glory to a thing, ἄ. ἵππων a song in praise of horses, Pi.O.3.4;χειρῶν ἄ. ἐπίνικον Id.O.8.75
.—The gender is indeterminate in Hom. and A.; Pi. always has ἄωτος, and so Theoc.13.27; A.R. and later [dialect] Ep. ἄωτον (Opp.C.4.154, οἰὸς ἄωτα in pl.).
См. также в других словарях:
ἄωτα — ἄωτον the choicest neut nom/voc/acc pl ἄωτος the choicest neut nom/voc/acc pl … Greek morphological index (Ελληνική μορφολογικούς δείκτες)
άωτος — η, ο αυτός που δεν έχει αυτιά· για αγγεία: αυτά που δεν έχουν χερούλια: Τα αγγεία που βρέθηκαν είναι άωτα … Νέο ερμηνευτικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Новый толковании словарь современного греческого)