γλαύξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. γλαῦξ, <b class="b3">γλαυκός, ἡ</b>, Euphronius ap. Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1081</span>, cf. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.947</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the little owl, Athene noctua</b>, so called from its <b class="b2">glaring eyes</b>, <span class="bibl">Epich.166</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>488a26</span>, al.; freq. as emblem of Athena, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>516</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eq.</span>1093</span>, etc.: prov., <b class="b3">γλαῦκ' Ἀθήναζε, γλαῦκ' εἰς Ἀθήνας</b>, 'carry coals to Newcastle', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>301</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.175.2</span>; <b class="b3">γλαῦξ ἐν πόλει</b> 'Jack's as good as his master', Hsch., etc.; <b class="b3">γλαῦκες Λαυρειωτικαί</b>, of Athenian coins, from the type, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1106</span>; so of figures of owls, <span class="title">IG</span>2.678<span class="hiitalic">B</span>76. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">γ. θαλαττία</b>, an unknown <b class="b2">bird</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Sign.</span>52</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a kind of <b class="b2">dance</b>, <span class="bibl">Ath.14.629f</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">wart cress, Coronopus procumbens</b>, Dsc.4.138, Gal.11.857:—also γλάξ, Hdn. Gr.<span class="bibl">1.395</span>, al.</span>