φῦκος
εος, τό
A.
seaweed, wrack, Il. 9.7; ὄστρεια . . φῦκος ἠμφιεσμένα Alex. 110.2; differing from βρύον in size, Arist. HA 603a17, cf. Thphr. HP 4.6.2: Ep. dat. pl. φύκεσσι Alcm. 6: φ. θαλάσσιον οὖλον orchella-weed, Roccella tinctoria, Dsc. 4.99; called φ. πόντιον in Thphr. HP 4.6.4; φ. θ. πλατύ peacock's tail, Padina mediterranea, Dsc. l. c.; φ. ὑπόμηκες καῑ ὑποφοινικίζον Nitrophyllum punctatum, ibid.; φ. ὅμοιον τῇ ἀγρώστει mattress grass-weed, Zostera marina, Thphr. HP 4.6.6; φ. πλατύφυλλον, = πράσον 2, ib. 2; φ. τριχόφυλλον ὥσπερ τὸ μάραθον, Cystoseira foeniculosa, ib.3.
2.
sedge or weed growing in a lake, Nic. Al. 576.
II.
orchil, prepared from φῦκος 1.1 and used as rouge by Greek women, Ar. Fr. 320.5, Theoc. 15.16, IG 5(1).1390.22 (Andania, i B. C.), Alciphr. 1.33.
III.
= φυκίς, Gloss.