A.“ὦ τὸν Ἄδωνιν” Sapph.63; “Ἀδώνι᾽ ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄ. κλάομεν” Pherecr.170; ὥδωνις, i.e. ὁ Ἄ., Theoc.3.47:—hence, generally, favourite, darling, “δεῖ Ἀδώνιδας αὐτοὺς ἀκούειν” Luc.Merc.Cond.35, cf. Alciphr.1.39, AP5.112 (Marc.Arg.).
2. Ἀδώνιδος κῆποι cuttings planted in pots for the Adonia, Pl.Phdr.276b, Thphr.HP6.7.3, cf. Theoc.15.113: prov., of any short-lived pleasure, Sch.Pl.l.c.
3. αὐλὴ Ἀδώνιδος, at Rome, garden on the Palatine, Philostr.VA7.32.
III. Adonis-flower, Anemone fulgens, Aus.Idyll.6.11.