σταφυλή

A. bunch of grapes, σταφυλῇσι μέγα βρίθουσαν ἀλωήν Il. 18.561; ἡμερὶς ἡβώωσα τεθήλει δὲ σταφυλῇσι Od. 5.69, cf. 7.121; σταφυλαὶ παντοῖαι 24.343, cf. Pl. Lg. 844e, Apoc. 14.18; Πυρναίαις ς. Theoc. 1.46; of ripe, fresh grapes, opp. ὄμφαξ on the one hand, and σταφίς on the other, AP 5.303: collectively in sg., PPetr. 3p.60 (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 300.14 (iii B.C.), POxy. 116.18 (ii A.D.), etc.

2. ς. ἀγρία,= μήλωθρον 1, Thphr. HP 3.18.11, Plin. HN 23.21.

II. uvula when swollen at the end so as to resemble a grape on the stalk, Hp. Prog. 23, Nicopho 28, Arist. HA 493a3; of the uvula generally, Archig. ap.Gal. 12.969,974; inflammation of the uvula, IG 42(1).126.30 (Epid, ii A.D.), Gal. 7.731 (pl.).

III. parox. σταφύλη, plummet of a level, ἵπποι . . σταφύλῃ ἐπὶ νῶτον ἔϊσαι horses equal in height even by the level, matched to a nicety, Il. 2.765, cf. Call. Fr. 159, Hsch. EM 742.44.