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Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

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|Definition=[ᾰ], εκος (also <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἀλώπηκος <span class="bibl">Anan.5</span>), <b class="b3">ἡ;</b> dat. pl., ἀλώπεξι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>21.10</span>, Ep. ἀλωπήκεσσι <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.433</span>:—<b class="b2">fox, Canis vulpes</b> (smaller Egyptian species <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>606a24</span>, <b class="b2">C. niloticus</b>), <span class="bibl">Archil.86.2</span>, <span class="bibl">89.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Semon.7.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.67</span>, etc.: of sly persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν <span class="bibl">Sol.11.5</span>; <b class="b3">μῆτιν ἀ</b>. a <b class="b2">very fox</b> for craft, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).65</span>: prov., <b class="b3">τὴν . . Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν</b> we must trail Archilochus' <b class="b2">foxskin</b> behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>365c</span>; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">Hist.</span>p.249D.</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει</b> 'sleight masters might', <span class="bibl">Diogenian.2.73</span>; <b class="b3">πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται</b> 'qui dort dine', <span class="bibl">Id.7.91</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ</b> 'ex pede Herculem', <span class="bibl">Id.5.15</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλ' οὐκ αὖθις ἀ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">πάγαις ἁλώσεται</b>) 'a burnt child dreads the fire', <span class="bibl">Id.2.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a large <b class="b2">bat, Sciurus</b> or <b class="b2">Pteromys volans</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>490a7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀλωπεκίας]] <span class="bibl">11</span>, ib.<span class="bibl">566a31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in pl., <b class="b2">muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles</b>, <span class="bibl">Clearch.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>189</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> = [[ἀλωπεκία]] <span class="bibl">1</span>, <b class="b2">mange</b>, <span class="bibl">Herod.7.72</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span> 79</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">bald patches</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aff.</span>35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> kind of <b class="b2">dance</b>, dub. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>419</span> (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch.s.v. [[ὄρχησις]].</span>
|Definition=[ᾰ], εκος (also <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἀλώπηκος <span class="bibl">Anan.5</span>), <b class="b3">ἡ;</b> dat. pl., ἀλώπεξι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>21.10</span>, Ep. ἀλωπήκεσσι <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.433</span>:—<b class="b2">fox, Canis vulpes</b> (smaller Egyptian species <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>606a24</span>, <b class="b2">C. niloticus</b>), <span class="bibl">Archil.86.2</span>, <span class="bibl">89.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Semon.7.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.67</span>, etc.: of sly persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν <span class="bibl">Sol.11.5</span>; <b class="b3">μῆτιν ἀ</b>. a <b class="b2">very fox</b> for craft, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).65</span>: prov., <b class="b3">τὴν . . Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν</b> we must trail Archilochus' <b class="b2">foxskin</b> behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>365c</span>; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">Hist.</span>p.249D.</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει</b> 'sleight masters might', <span class="bibl">Diogenian.2.73</span>; <b class="b3">πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται</b> 'qui dort dine', <span class="bibl">Id.7.91</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ</b> 'ex pede Herculem', <span class="bibl">Id.5.15</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλ' οὐκ αὖθις ἀ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">πάγαις ἁλώσεται</b>) 'a burnt child dreads the fire', <span class="bibl">Id.2.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a large <b class="b2">bat, Sciurus</b> or <b class="b2">Pteromys volans</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>490a7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀλωπεκίας]] <span class="bibl">11</span>, ib.<span class="bibl">566a31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in pl., <b class="b2">muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles</b>, <span class="bibl">Clearch.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>189</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> = [[ἀλωπεκία]] <span class="bibl">1</span>, <b class="b2">mange</b>, <span class="bibl">Herod.7.72</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span> 79</span>: in pl., <b class="b2">bald patches</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aff.</span>35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> kind of <b class="b2">dance</b>, dub. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>419</span> (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch.s.v. [[ὄρχησις]].</span>
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English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], εκος (also

   A ἀλώπηκος Anan.5), ἡ; dat. pl., ἀλώπεξι LXX 3 Ki.21.10, Ep. ἀλωπήκεσσι Opp.C.1.433:—fox, Canis vulpes (smaller Egyptian species Arist.HA606a24, C. niloticus), Archil.86.2, 89.5, Semon.7.7, Hdt.2.67, etc.: of sly persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν Sol.11.5; μῆτιν ἀ. a very fox for craft, Pi.I.4(3).65: prov., τὴν . . Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν we must trail Archilochus' foxskin behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, Pl.R.365c; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες Eun.Hist.p.249D.; ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει 'sleight masters might', Diogenian.2.73; πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται 'qui dort dine', Id.7.91; ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ 'ex pede Herculem', Id.5.15; ἀλλ' οὐκ αὖθις ἀ. (sc. πάγαις ἁλώσεται) 'a burnt child dreads the fire', Id.2.15.    II a large bat, Sciurus or Pteromys volans, Arist.HA490a7.    III = ἀλωπεκίας 11, ib.566a31.    IV in pl., muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles, Clearch.92, Ruf.Onom.189.    V = ἀλωπεκία 1, mange, Herod.7.72, Call.Dian. 79: in pl., bald patches, Hp.Aff.35.    VI kind of dance, dub. in S.Fr.419 (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch.s.v. ὄρχησις.

German (Pape)

[Seite 113] εκος, ἡ (Her. ἀλωπέκεων gen. pl. 3, 102; ἀλωπεκέεσσι Opp. Cyn. 1, 433), der Fuchs, Pind. αἴθων Ol. 10, 20; μῆτιν ἀλώπηξ, an Schlauheit ein Fuchs, I. 3, 65; κερδαλέα καὶ ποικίλη Plat. Rep. II, 365 c; häufig ein listiger, ränkevoller Mensch, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν Solon bei Plut. Sol. 30. Auch gleich ἀλωπεκῆ, Fuchsbalg, s. Ruhnk. zu Tim. 257; Krankheit, ἀλωπεκία, Call. Dian. 79; Hippocr. – Bei Arist. H. A. 1, 5 πτηνὰ δερμόπτερα, οἷον ἀλώπηξ wahrscheinlich sciurus volans. – Auch ein Fisch, Arist. H. A. 6, 10; Opp. H. 3, 144; Ael. H. A. 9, 12. S. ἀλωπεκίας. – Nach Ath. IX, 399 b und Poll. 2, 185 die Lendenmuskeln.