- ὑάκινθος
- ὑάκινθος, ου, ὁ (s. prec. entry; as early as Hom. as the name of a flower) the jacinth or hyacinth (Peripl. Eryth. 56 [gender undetermined]; Galen XIII 970; Ptolem. 7, 4, 1; Heliod. 2, 30, 3 [in him clearly fem]; Achilles Tat. 2, 11, 3 [gender undetermined]; the λίθος ἡλίου Cat. Cod. Astr. IX/2 p. 152, 18.—In the LXX; TestSol 21:2; JosAs 2:15 al. and in Philo and Joseph. [Ant. 3, 164] hyacinth-colored cloth is meant), a precious stone Rv 21:20, perh. blue in color (Michel Psellus, in Lapidaires p. 203, ln. 79f θαλαττόχρω ‘sea-hued’), someth. like the sapphire (but s. vs. 19); on it s. OED s.v. hyacinth 1ab. It was often made into gems by the ancients (Pliny, NH 37, 9, 41f).—For lit. see s.v. ἀμέθυστος.—DELG. M-M.
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