ἄμπελος

ampelos

grape-vine, Vitis vinifera

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Stephanus page — each links into the reader.

Clitophon 1
Open Clitophon ›
Chapter ?

408e6
Laws 1
Open Laws ›
Book VI 1
Chapter ?

782b3
Republic 1
Open Republic ›
Book I 1
Chapter ?

353a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄμπελος, ἡ, any climbing plant with tendrils, esp. A. grape-vine, Vitis vinifera (ἄ. οἰνοφόρος Dsc. 4.181; ἄ.τῆς Ἴδης is a variety, V.v. apyrena, grape-currant, Thphr. HP 3.17.4), Hom. (not in Il. exc. in Adj. ἀμπελόεις), etc.; πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ καὶ ἄμπελοι Od. 9.110, cf.133, Alc. 44, Hdt. 4.195, etc.; ἄ. καὶ ἐλάαν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ἀκρόδρυα Thphr. HP 4.4.11; ἄ. τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν κόπτοντες, in collective sense (cf. ἵππος, ἡ), Th. 4.90; of wine, ἀμπέλου δρόσος Pi. O. 7.2; ἀμπέλου παῖς Id. N. 9.52. 2. ἄ. ἀγρία wild vine, Vitis silvestris, Dsc. 4.181, 5.2, Plin. HN 23.19:—also = ἄ. λευκή, Thphr. 9.14.1, 9.20.3, Gal. 14.186. 3. ἄ. λευκή bryony, Bryonia cretica, Dsc. 4.182, Gal. 11.826 (but λευκὴ ἄ. white grape, Thphr. CP 1.20.5). 4. ἄ μέλαινα black bryony, Tamus communis, Dsc. 4.183, Gal. 11.827. 5. ἄ. ποντία wrack, Fucus volubilis, Thphr. HP 4.6.9. II. vineyard, Ael. NA 11.32. III. engine for protecting besiegers, mantlet, Apollod. Poliorc. 141.7. IV. measure of length, = 20 παλαισταί, Hero Def. 131. V. = αἰγιαλός (Cyren.), Hsch.

‹ All lexicon entries