οἰνάνθ-η (oinanthe)

Where it lives

Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k

What it meant

οἰνάνθ-η · oinanth-ē — LSJ

inflorescence of the grape-vine, of the wild vine, Vitis silvestris, bloom on the grape, grape-bloom

inflorescence of the grape-vine, Ar. Ra. 1320, Thphr. CP 3.14.8, etc. ; = ἡ πρώτη ἔκφυσις τῆς σταφυλῆς, Suid. ; also, of the wild vine, Vitis silvestris, Thphr. HP 5.9.6, Dsc. 1.46,5.4, Plin. HN 12.132, Gp. 5.51 ; bloom on the grape, metaph., γένυσι φαίνων τέρειναν ματέρʼ οἰνάνθας ὀπώραν the time of ripeness which softly brings forth the grape-bloom, Pi. N. 5.6, cf. Chaerem. 12 (pl.).

II vine

in Poets, generally, vine, χλωρὸν οἰνάνθης δέμας S. Fr. 255.4, cf. E. Ph. 231 (lyr.), Ar. Av. 588 ; Λεσβίης νέκταρ οἰνάνθης Call. Fr. 115.

III Dropwort, Spiraea Filipendula

Dropwort, Spiraea Filipendula, a plant with a smell like the vine, Cratin. 98, Arist. HA 549b33, Thphr. HP 6.8.1, Dsc. 3.120, Plin. HN 21.65.

2 wheat-ear, Saxicola oenanthe

a bird, perh. wheat-ear, Saxicola oenanthe, Arist. HA 633a15.

3 a salve

a salve, Asclep. ap. Gal. 13.540, cf. 10.550.

In the wild

οἰνάνθας · oinanthas Euripides, Phoenissae (DIORISIS sentence 99)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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