κρίνον
krinon
white lily, Lilium candidum
Appears 31 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κρίνον [ῐ], τό, heterocl. pl. κρίνεα 2.92; dat. κρίνεσιν 98, Nu. 911, etc.:—A. white lily, Lilium candidum, HP 6.6.8, 11.56, Fr. 74.27, 3.102; κ. πορφυροῦν Turkʼs cap lily, L. chalcedonicum, HP 6.6.3, cf. Dsc.l.c.: prov., κρίνου γυμνότερος Or. 6.181c: hence, of a needy man, 6.197, etc.: symbolic of death, v. κολοκύντη. 2. Egyptian bean, Nelumbium speciosum, 2.92. II. kind of choral dance, 2. III. kind of loaf, 3.114f. IV. architectural ornament, 11(2).161 A 72 (Delos, iii B. C.).
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