γλαύξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. [[γλαῦξ]], [[γλαυκός]], ἡ, [[Euphronius]] ap. Sch.Ar.''V.''1081, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.947:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> the [[little owl]], [[Athene noctua]], so called from its [[glaring eyes]], Epich.166, Arist.''HA''488a26, al.; freq. as [[emblem]] of [[Athena]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''516, ''Eq.''1093, etc.: [[proverb|prov.]], [[γλαῦκ' Ἀθήναζε]], [[γλαῦκ' εἰς Ἀθήνας]], '[[carry coals to Newcastle]]', [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''301, Antiph.175.2; [[γλαῦξ ἐν πόλει]] '[[Jack's as good as his master]]', [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]], etc.; <b class="b3">γλαῦκες Λαυρειωτικαί</b>, of [[Athenian]] [[coin]]s, from the type, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Birds|Av.]]''1106; so of figures of owls, ''IG''2.678B76.<br><span class="bld">2</span> γλαύξ θαλαττία, an unknown [[bird]], Thphr. ''Sign.''52.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a kind of [[dance]], Ath.14.629f.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[wart cress]], [[Coronopus procumbens]], Dsc.4.138, Gal.11.857:—also [[γλάξ]], Hdn. Gr.1.395, al.