ὕστριξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῐχος (but in <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.391</span> [[ὑστρίγγων]], from ὕστριγξ) ὁ and ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[porcupine]], [[Hystrix cristata]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.192</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>490b29</span>, <span class="bibl">579a29</span>, <span class="bibl">600a28</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>1.31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in pl., something obtained from pigs, prob. [[bristles]], <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[ὕστριχας]] (acc. pl.) <b class="b3">ἢ σίδηρον</b> as instruments of punishment, prob. [[whips]], [[the cat]], Ph. ap. <span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span> 8.14</span>; cf. sq. <span class="bibl">1</span>.</span>