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λοβ-ός , ὁ,
A.lobe of the ear, ἐΰτρητοι (for wearing ear-rings) “λ.” Il.14.182, cf. h.Hom.6.8, Hp.Prog.2, Arist. HA492a16; “ἄκροι λ.” Lyc.1401.
2. lobe of the liver, to which special attention was paid in divination, A.Pr.495, E.El.827, Pl.Ti.71c, Euphro 7: generally, liver, A.Eu.159 (lyr.).
3. lobe of the lung, Gal.UP6.4, al.; of the whole lung, Hp.Loc.Hom.14.
II. capsule or pod of leguminous plants (cf. ἔλλοβος), Thphr.HP1.11.2, etc.; esp. of φασίολοι or δόλιχοι, because they were eaten pod and all, Gal.6.557, Jul.Or.5.175c.
2. in rose leaves, the white part, elsewh. ὄνυξ, Gal.12.748.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Aeschylus, Eumenides, 159
    • Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound, 495
    • Euripides, Electra, 827
    • Homer, Iliad, 14.182
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 6 to Aphrodite, 8
    • Plato, Timaeus, 71c
    • Hippocrates, Prognosticon, 2
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