κέδρος

A. cedar-tree, ὀδμὴ κέδρου . . θύου τ’ ἀνὰ νῆσον ὀδώδει δαιομένων Od. 5.60; τὸ ἀπὸ κ. ἄλειφαρ γινόμενον Hdt. 2.87, cf.4.75; applied to prickly cedar, Juniperus Oxycedrus, Od.l.c., Thphr. HP 3.12.3; Syrian cedar, J. excelsa, ib.3.2.6, Dsc. 1.77; Phoenician cedar, J. phoenicea, Thphr. HP 9.2.3; Himalayan cedar, J. macropoda, Str. 15.1.29; κ. μικρά juniper, J. communis, Dsc.l.c.

2. anything made of cedar- wood: cedar coffin, E. Alc. 365 (pl.), Tr. 1141; cedar box, for a bee- hive, Theoc. 7.81.

3. cedar-oil, τῇ κ. ἀλείφειν Luc. Ind. 16.

4. v. κέδρον 1.