A.dark-blue enamel, esp. used to adorn armour, “δέκα οἶμοι μέλανος κυάνοιο” Il.11.24, cf. 35; “πτύχες κυάνου” Hes.Sc.143; also θριγκὸς κυάνοιο, of a cornice, Od.7.87; so perh. in IG12.367.7, 42(1).102.244 (Epid.).
2. lapis lazuli, κ. αὐτοφυής (opp. σκευαστός) Thphr.Lap.39, al., Dsc.5.91, etc. (perh. also in Pl.Phd.113c); κ. ἄρρην, θῆλυς, Thphr.Lap.31: also an imitation made in Egypt, ib.55.
4. blue cornflower, Plin.HN21.68.
5. a bird, perh. blue thrush, Turdus cyanus, Arist.HA617a23, Ael.NA4.59.
6. sea-water, Hsch.
7. fem., the colour blue, Alex.Aphr.in Mete.162.4.