hyacinth

Greek Noun Male

ὑακίνθος, -ου, ό [in LXX chiefly for תְּכֵלֶת;] hyacinth; (a) in cl, a flower, prob. the dark blue iris; (b) in late writers, a precious stone of the same colour, perhaps the sapphire: Rev.21:20 (Phil, FlJ, al.). (AS)

hyacinth

Greek Noun Male

Ὑάκινθος [ῠᾰ], ὁ, Hyacinthus, a Laconian youth, beloved by Apollo, who killed him by an unlucky cast of the discus, [Refs 5th c.BC+] B) as appellative, B.I) ὑάκινθος, ὁ, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but ἡ in [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—wild hyacinth, bluebell, Scilla bifolia, [Refs 8th c.BC+] B.I.2) blue larkspur, Delphinium Ajacis, ὑ. σπαρτή [Refs 4th c.BC+]; said to have sprung up from the blood of Hyacinthus or (accusative to others) of Telamonian Ajax: and the ancients thought they could decipher on the petals the initial letters AI, or the interj. AIAI,[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; hence the epithets γραπτά [Refs 3rd c.BC+] B.I.3) ὑ. πορφυρέη, probably Lilium Martagon, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] B.II) ὑάκινθος, ἡ [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—a precious stone, of blue colour [Refs 1st c.AD+], perhaps aquamarine, [NT+1st c.AD+] B.III) name of a blue colour, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; blue stuff, [LXX+1st c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

the "hyacinth" or "jacinth", i.e. some gem of a deep blue color, probably the zirkon; jacinth; of uncertain derivation