The corpus record

λειχήν

leichen · ὁ

tree-moss, lichen

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Where it lives

Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k

What it meant

λειχήν · leichēn — LSJ

tree-moss, lichen

tree-moss, lichen, implied in Thphr. (cf. λειχηνιάω).

2 liver-wort

a kind of liver-wort, that grows on damp rocks, Dsc. 4.53; but ἵππειος λ., = ἱππολειχήν, Nic. Th. 945.

3 lichen-like eruption, mentagra, blight, canker

a lichen-like eruption on the skin of animals, esp. on the chin, mentagra, A. Ch. 281 (pl.), Hp. Aph. 3.20 (pl.), Thphr. Sud. 14 (pl.), LXX Le. 21.20, Gal. 14.75, Aët. 8.16; also, of the ground, blight, canker, A. Eu. 785 (lyr.).

4 callosity on foreleg, chestnut

in horses, the normal callosity on foreleg, chestnut, Dsc. 2.43 (pl.), Cael.Aur. TP 1.138 (pl.).—In codd. freq. written λιχήν.

In the wild

λειχὴν · leichēn Aeschylus, Eumenides 784–787
λειχὴν · leichēn Aeschylus, Eumenides 814–817
λειχῆνας · leichēnas Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 278–281

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. λειχήν (scan p. 893; entry #3708).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λειχήν (scan p. 1074; entry #3531).

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