ου (ἡ) :
      1 plant de vigne, vigne, OD. 9, 110, 133 ; 24, 246 ; HH. Bacch. 39 ; PD. O. 7, 2, etc. ; ESCHL. Pers. 615 ; SOPH. Tr. 704, O.C. 17, etc. ; TH. 4, 90, etc. ;
      2 vignoble, EL. N.A. 11, 32 ;
      3 plante marine (Clematis maritima L.) TH. H.P. 4, 6, 2 ;
      4 toit de défense, mantelet, machine de siège (lat. vinea) APD. POL. 15.

Étym. p.-ê. pré-grec.

ἡ, any climbing plant with tendrils, esp.
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 4.44.11; 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. 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.
ἄ. λευκή bryony, Bryonia cretica, Dsc. 4.182, Gal. 11.826 (but λευκὴ ἄ. white grape, Thphr. CP 1.20.5).
ἄ μέλαινα black bryony, Tamus communis, Dsc. 4.183, Gal. 11.827.
ἄ. ποντία wrack, Fucus volubilis, Thphr. HP 4.6.9.
vineyard, Ael. NA 11.32.
engine for protecting besiegers, mantlet, Apollod. Poliorc. 141.7.
measure of length, = 20 παλαισταί, Hero Def. 131.
= αἰγιαλός (Cyren.), Hsch.

ἡ,
1) Weinstock, Hom. dreimal, Od. 9.110 ἄσπαρτα καὶ ἀνήροτα πάντα φύονται, πυροὶ καὶ κριθαὶ ἠδ' ἄμπελοι, αἵ τε φέρουσιν οἶνον ἐριστάφυλον, καί σφιν Διὸς ὄμβρος ἀέξει, 133 μάλα κ' ἄφθιτοι ἄμπελοι εἶεν, 24.246 οὐ φυτόν, οὐ συκῆ, οὐκ ἄμπελος, οὐ μὲν ἐλαίη, οὐκ ὄγχνη, οὐ πρασιή τοι ἄνευ κομιδῆς κατὰ κῆπον ; – Folgende überall ; – = Weinberg Ael. H.A. 11.32.
2) Belagerungsmaschine, vinea, Sp.

ἄμπελος, -ου, ἡ
[in LXX for גֶּפֶן ;]
vine: Mat.26:29, Mrk.14:25, Luk.22:18 Jas.3:12; figuratively, of Christ, Jhn.15:1, 4-5; of his enemies (on the usage here, see MM, VGT, see word): Rev.14:18-19.†
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