Γοργόνειος

ον, τό
A. = Γοργεῖος, πεδία A. Pr. 793; τὸ Γ. a Gorgon-mask, IG 2.654,al., cf. Plu. Them. 10; the Gorgon's head, a group of stars in Perseus, Gem. 3.11, Ptol. Alm. 7.5, etc., Plu. Them. 10; but also, the constellation Medusa, Hipparch. 2.3.27, al.; bogey, Ruf. ap. Orib. inc. 20.27; Orphic name for the moon, because of the face in it, Orph. Fr. 33.
II. Γ.,τό, = λιθόσπερμον, Ps.-Dsc. 3.141.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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