- ληνός
- 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.
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