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|Transliteration C=spalaks
|Transliteration C=spalaks
|Beta Code=spa/lac
|Beta Code=spa/lac
|Definition=[<b class="b3">σπᾰ], ᾰκος, ἡ</b>, also [[ἀσπάλαξ]] (q.v.), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[blind-rat]], [[Spalax typhlus]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>425a11</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Le.</span>11.30</span>; masc.in <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>11.37</span>:— also written σφάλαξ, <span class="bibl">Paus.7.24.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἵππων εἶδος οἱ σ</b>. (perh. [[mole-coloured]]), Hsch.: cf. [[σπαλακός]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[meadow-saffron]], [[Colchicum parnassicum]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.6.11</span> (s.v.l.).</span>
|Definition=[<b class="b3">σπᾰ], ᾰκος, ἡ</b>, also [[ἀσπάλαξ]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[blind-rat]], [[Spalax typhlus]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">de An.</span>425a11</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Le.</span>11.30</span>; masc.in <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>11.37</span>:— also written σφάλαξ, <span class="bibl">Paus.7.24.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἵππων εἶδος οἱ σ</b>. (perh. [[mole-coloured]]), Hsch.: cf. [[σπαλακός]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[meadow-saffron]], [[Colchicum parnassicum]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>1.6.11</span> (s.v.l.).</span>
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English (LSJ)

[σπᾰ], ᾰκος, ἡ, also ἀσπάλαξ (q.v.), A blind-rat, Spalax typhlus, Arist.de An.425a11, LXX Le.11.30; masc.in Ael.NA11.37:— also written σφάλαξ, Paus.7.24.11. II ἵππων εἶδος οἱ σ. (perh. mole-coloured), Hsch.: cf. σπαλακός. III meadow-saffron, Colchicum parnassicum, Thphr.HP1.6.11 (s.v.l.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 916] ὁ, auch ἀσπάλαξ, ακος, der Maulwurf. Vgl. σκάλοψ.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σπάλαξ: -ᾰκος, ἡ, καὶ ἀσπάλαξ (ὃ ἴδε) ὁ «τυφλοπόντικος», Ἀριστ. π. Ψυχ. 3. 1, 5· ἀλλ’ ἀρσεν. ἐν Αἰλ. π. Ζ. 11. 37, Κλήμ. Ἀλ. 71, Χρησμ. Σιβ. 1. 370· - ὡσαύτως φέρεται σφάλαξ, Παυσ. 7. 24, 11, Δράκων 51. (Ἴδε ἐν λέξ. σκάλλω).

French (Bailly abrégé)

ακος (ἡ, postér. ὁ)
taupe, animal.
Étymologie: DELG peu clair.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σπάλαξ: ακος ἡ крот Arst.

Frisk Etymological English

-ακος
Grammatical information: f. m.
Meaning: mole (Arist. a. o.), also as plantnname autumn crocus, Colchicum parnassicum (Thphr.).
Derivatives: σπαλακ-ία νόσος ἡ περὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, πήρωσις H. (vgl. Scheller Oxytonierung 41); also σπαλακός as colour designation (pap.). -- S. ἀσπάλαξ.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin] (V)
Etymology: Daneben σφάλαξ id. (Paus. 7, 24, 11) for ἀσφάλαξ (Babr. a. o.), folketymol. after σφάλλω because of the undermining activity of the mole; thus σπάλαξ after σπάω tear off(?) referring to the skin (Grégoire Byzantion 32, 32 ff.; hypothetical)? On the anlaut also Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 192 f. - The variations show a Pre-Greek word Furnée 159.

Frisk Etymology German

σπάλαξ: -ακος
{spálaks}
Grammar: f. m.
Meaning: Maulwurf (Arist. u. a.), auch als Pflanzenname Herbstzeitlose, Colchicum parnassicum (Thphr.);
Derivative: σπαλακία· νόσος ἡ περὶ τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς, πήρωσις H. (vgl. Scheller Oxytonierung 41); auch σπαλακός als Farbenbez. (Pap.). —S. ἀσπάλαξ.
Etymology : Daneben σφάλαξ ib. (Paus. 7, 24, 11) für ἀσφάλαξ (Babr. u. a.), volksetymologisch nach σφάλλω wegen der unterwühlenden Tätigkeit des Maulwurfs; ebenso σπάλαξ nach σπάω abziehen mit Bezug auf die Haut (Grégoire Byzantion 32, 32 ff.; hypothetisch) ? Zum Anlaut noch Hiersche Ten. aspiratae 192 f.
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