λαγώς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[λαγώς]] or [[λαγῶς]], ὁ, gen. [[λαγώ]] or [[λαγῶ]] ([[λαγῶς]], [[λαγῶ]], acc. to Hdn.Gr. 1.245, 2.629); acc.<br><span class="bld">A</span> λαγών Ar.''V.''1203, ''Frr.''212, 252, but [[λαγώ]] or λαγῶ X.''Cyn.''3.3 (this form is condemned by Luc.''Sol.''3, but cf. Ath.9.400a): pl., nom. λαγῴ Eup. 143; acc. λαγώς [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''619b9:—Ion. [[λαγός]], λαγοῦ, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.123, al., and so [[καθ' ἡμᾶς]], Ath.9.400a; also in Dor., Epich. 60, and Trag. and Com., [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''111, Amips.18, Alex.123, Philem.89.5:—Ep. [[λαγωός]], οῦ, also in X.''Cyn.''10.2 codd., [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''606a24, ''EN'' 1118a18, Luc.''Symp.''38, etc., and cf. infr. ''III'', v:—[[hare]], ἢ κεμάδ' ἠὲ λαγωόν Il.10.361; πτῶκα λαγωόν 22.310; πρόκας ἠδὲ λαγωούς Od. 17.295; τοὶ δ' ὠκύποδας λαγὸς (Dor. for λαγούς) ᾕρευν Hes.''Sc.''302; [[λαγὼ δίκην]] = [[like a hare]], A.''Eu.''26: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἐστὶν λαγώς]], of a [[coward]], Posidipp.26.9; [[λαγὼ βίον ζῆν]] = [[lead]] a [[hare]]'s [[life]], D.18.263; [[δειλότερος λαγὼ Φρυγός]] Prov. ap. Str.1.2.30; [[ὁ λαγὼς οὗτος]] = this [[coward]], Philostr.''VA'' 4.37; [[λαγὼς καθεύδων]], of persons [[feign]]ing [[sleep]], Zen.4.84, cf. X. ''Cyn.''5.11; [[λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν τρέχων]], of persons [[seek]]ing to [[escape]] [[imminent]] [[death]], Zen.4.85.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[bird]] with [[rough]] [[feather]]ed [[feet]], mentioned with the [[swallow]], Artem.4.56, cf. Ant.Lib.21.5; cf. [[λαγωδίας]], [[λαγώπους]].<br><span class="bld">III</span> a kind of [[sea-slug]], [[Lepus marinus]], Epich. [[l.c.]], Amips. [[l.c.]]; ὁ [[θαλάττιος λαγωός]] = [[sea-hare]], [[Aplysia leporina]], Plu. 2.983f, Gal.11.688, al., cf. Nic.''Al.''465, Dsc.2.18.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> a [[constellation]], Arat.338, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.20.<br><span class="bld">V</span> a kind of [[bandage]], τῷ λαγωῷ ἐπιδέσμῳ Heliod. ap. Orib.46.18.2, cf. 48.27 tit., Sor. ''Fasc.''7. (Prob. [[slack]]-[[ear]], cf. [[λαγαρός]], [[οὖς]].)