A.inflorescence of the grape-vine, Ar.Ra.1320, Thphr.CP3.14.8, etc. ; = ἡ πρώτη ἔκφυσις τῆς σταφυλῆς, Suid. ; also, of the wild vine, Vitis silvestris, Thphr.HP5.9.6, Dsc.1.46,5.4, Plin.HN12.132, Gp.5.51 ; bloom on the grape, metaph., γένυσι φαίνων τέρειναν ματέρ᾽ οἰνάνθας ὀπώραν the time of ripeness which softly brings forth the grape-bloom, Pi.N.5.6, cf. Chaerem.12 (pl.).
II. in Poets, generally, vine, “χλωρὸν οἰνάνθης δέμας” S. Fr.255.4, cf. E.Ph.231 (lyr.), Ar.Av.588 ; “Λεσβίης νέκταρ οἰνάνθης” Call.Fr.115.
III. Dropwort, Spiraea Filipendula, a plant with a smell like the vine, Cratin.98, Arist.HA549b33, Thphr.HP6.8.1, Dsc.3.120, Plin.HN21.65.
2. a bird, perh. wheat-ear, Saxicola oenanthe, Arist.HA633a15.
3. a salve, Asclep. ap. Gal.13.540, cf. 10.550.