ὑάκινθος
Alt. ὑάκινθος, ὁ, ἡ,
I. "the hyacinth", Il., etc.;—a flower said to have sprung up from the blood of Hyacinthus or of Ajax; and the petals were thought to bear the letters αἰ, or αἰαι, Mosch.; hence the epithet γραπτά in Theocr. The "hyacinth" seems to have comprehended several "dark blue" flowers: Hom. speaks of "dark" hair as ὑακινθίνῳ ἄνθει ὁμοῖαι, and Theocr. calls it "black."
II. a precious stone, of blue colour, not (prob.) our "jacinth", but "the sapphire", NTest.