γλαύξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[γλαῦξ]], [[γλαυκός]], ἡ, 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"><span class="bld">A</span> the [[little]] [[owl]], [[Athene noctua]], so called from its [[glaring eyes]], <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.: [[proverb|prov.]], [[γλαῦκ' Ἀθήναζε]], [[γλαῦκ' εἰς Ἀθήνας]], '[[carry coals to Newcastle]]', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>301</span>, <span class="bibl">Antiph.175.2</span>; [[γλαῦξ ἐν πόλει]] '[[Jack's as good as his master]]', Hsch., etc.; <b class="b3">γλαῦκες Λαυρειωτικαί</b>, of [[Athenian]] [[coin]]s, 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"><span class="bld">2</span> γλαύξ θαλαττία, an unknown [[bird]], <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Sign.</span>52</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a kind of [[dance]], <span class="bibl">Ath.14.629f</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[wart cress]], [[Coronopus procumbens]], Dsc.4.138, Gal.11.857:—also [[γλάξ]], Hdn. Gr.<span class="bibl">1.395</span>, al.</span>