A.swan, Cycnus olor, “κύκνων δουλιχοδείρων” Il.2.460, cf. Hes.Sc.316, Pl.R.620a, Eratosth.Cat.25, etc.; sacred to Apollo, Ar.Av.870, Pl.Phd.85b, Call.Ap.5: Com., “βάτραχοι κ.” Ar.Ra.207; “κύκνου δίκην τὸν ὕστατον μέλψασα θανάσιμον γόον” A.Ag.1444: hence, metaph., minstrel, bard, AP7.19 (Leon.).
II. kind of ship, prob. from its prow being curved like a swan's neck, Nicostr.Com. 10.
III. eye-salve, Gal.12.708, 759, etc. [υ_ by position in Ep.; υ^ Pi.O.2.82, Theoc.16.49 in pr. n. Κύκνος.]
