Lewis & Short

† pappus, i, m., = πάππος.

  1. I. An old man, Varr. L. L. 7, § 30 Müll.
      1. 2. A grandfather, Aus. Idyll. 4, 18.
  2. II. The woolly, hairy seed of certain plants, Lucr. 3, 386 Lachm.; also ap. Fest. p. 220 Müll.: semen ei lanuginis, quam pappon vocant, Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97.
  3. III. A plant, also called erigeron: quare eam Callimachus acanthida appellat, alii pappum, Plin. 25, 13, 106, § 168.