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ἔρνος , εος, τό,
A.young sprout, shoot, ὁ δ᾽ ἀνέδραμεν ἔρνεϊ ἶσος shot up like a young plant, Il.18.56, cf. Od.14.175 ; “οἷον δὲ τρέφει ἔ. ἀνὴρ ἐριθηλὲς ἐλαίης” Il.17.53, cf. Od.6.163 ; σκιεροῖσιν ὑφ᾽ ἕρνεσιν (sic codd. Ath.) “οἰναρέοις” Ibyc.1.5 ; ἔ. δάφνης, δόνακος, ὕλας, E.Med.1213,Hel. 183 (lyr.),Ba.876 (lyr.).
2. in pl., wreaths worn by victors in games, Pi.N.11.29,I.1.29.
II. metaph., scion, offspring, Id.N.6.37 (pl.), B.5.87,A.Ag.1525(lyr.),Eu.661,666, S.OC1108 (pl.), Sammelb. 4229.10 ; “Ἡρακλέος ἱερὸν ἔ.” Theoc.2.121 ; “ἔ. τῆς νηδύος” E.Ba. 1306 ; [κεράων] ἔ., periphr. for κέραα, Opp.C.2.210 ; of Delos, as having sprung out of the sea, Pi.Fr.87.2.
2. fruit, of the apple of Discord, Coluth.60,al.
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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