ἄμπελος
Adj., ἡ
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 *Deff. 131.
V.
= αἰγιαλός (Cyren.), Hsch.