λύκος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">ῠ], ὁ</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">wolf</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.16.156</span>, <span class="bibl">352</span>; <b class="b3">πολιός</b> <b class="b2">grisly</b>, <span class="bibl">10.334</span>; κρατερώνυχες <span class="bibl">Od.10.218</span>; <b class="b3">ὀρέστεροι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">212</span>; ὠμοφάγοι <span class="bibl">Il.16.156</span>; κοιλογάστορες <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1041</span>; the small Egyptian wolves mentioned by <span class="bibl">Hdt. 2.67</span> were perh. <b class="b2">jackals</b>: various kinds distd. by <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.293</span> sqq.: prov. <b class="b3">λύκον ἰδεῖν</b> to see <b class="b2">a wolf</b>, i. e. <b class="b2">to be struck dumb</b>, as was vulgarly believed of any one at whom a wolf got the first look (<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>336d</span>), <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.22</span>; <b class="b3">λύκου πτερά</b>, of things that are not, 'pigeon's milk', Suid.; <b class="b3">ὡς λ. χανών</b>, of vain expectation, <span class="bibl">Eub.15.11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>337</span>, <span class="bibl">Euphro 1.31</span>; λ. κεχηνώς <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>629</span>; <b class="b3">πρίν κεν λ. οἶν ὑμεναιοῖ</b>, of an impossibility, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pax</span>1076</span>, <span class="bibl">1112</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.22.263</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς λύκοι ἄρν' ἀγαπῶσιν</b>, of treacherous or unnatural love, Poet. ap. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>241d</span>; <b class="b3">λύκου βίον ζῆν</b>, i. e. live by rapine, Prov. ap. <span class="bibl">Plb.16.24.4</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ λύκου στόματος</b>, of getting a thing <b class="b2">praeter spem</b>, <span class="bibl">Zen.3.48</span>; <b class="b3">τῶν ὤτων ἔχειν τὸν λύκον</b> 'catch a Tartar', <span class="bibl">Apollod.Car.18</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.30.20.8</span>; <b class="b3">λ. ἀετὸν φεύγει</b>, of the inescapable, <span class="bibl">Diogenian.6.19</span>; <b class="b3">λ. περὶ φρέαρ χορεύει</b>, of those engaged in vain pursuits, ib.<span class="bibl">21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a kind of <b class="b2">daw</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 617b17</span>; cf. [[λύκιος]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">a fish</b>, = [[καλλιώνυμος]], Hices. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.7.282d</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>18.14.1. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> a kind of <b class="b2">spider</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>623a2</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span> 734</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>30.52</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">anything shaped like a hook</b>: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">a jagged bit</b> for hard-mouthed horses, Lat. <b class="b2">lupus</b>, Plu.2.641f; cf. [[λυκοσπάς]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">hook</b> or <b class="b2">knocker</b> on a door, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">flesh-hook</b>, <span class="bibl">Poll. 10.98</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> nickname of <b class="b3">παιδερασταί</b>, <span class="title">AP</span>12.250 (Strat.), cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 241d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VII</span> <b class="b2">the flower of the iris</b>, Philin. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.15.682a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VIII</span> a kind of <b class="b2">noose</b>, <span class="bibl">Gal.<span class="title">UP</span>7.14</span>, Heraclas ap.<span class="bibl">Orib.48.7</span>, <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>74. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IX</span> <b class="b2">a pastille used in dysentery</b>, <span class="bibl">Aët.9.49</span> (Latin version). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">X</span> = [[ὀροβάγχη]], v.l. in marg. of Dsc.2.142. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">XI</span> an engine of war for defending gates, <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Goth.</span>1.21</span>. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">vŕ[null ]kas</b>, Lith. <b class="b2">vi[ltilde]kas</b>, Slav. <b class="b2">vl[ucaron]k[ucaron]</b>, Goth. <b class="b2">wulfs</b>.) </span>