φύκης
οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions
English (LSJ)
[ῡ], ου, ὁ, (φῦκος) a fish
A living in seaweed, prob. a species of wrasse, Labrus, Arist.HA567b20:—the female was φῡκίς, ίδος, Mnesim.4.38 (anap.), Arist.HA567b19, 591b13, Antiph.132.8 (anap.), Anaxandr.41.49 (anap.), Numen. ap. Ath.7.282a: but Alex. 110.12,13, distinguishes φυκίς and φύκης.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φύκης: -ου, ὁ (φῦκος) ἰχθὺς ζῶν ἐκ τῶν φυκίων, τρώγων φύκη, «φύκ~ια» τῆς θαλάσσης, Ἀριστ. περὶ τὰ Ζῷα Ἱστ. 6. 13, 8· ― ὁ θῆλυς ἐκαλεῖτο φῡκίς, ίδος, Ἐπίχ. παρ’ Ἀθην. 319C, Μνησίμαχ. ἐν «Ἱπποτρόφῳ» 1. 38, πρβλ. Ἀριστ. ἔνθ’ ἀνωτ., 8. 2, 29, Ἀντιφάν. ἐν «Κύκλωπι» 1· φυκίδες ἐφθαὶ Ἀναξανδρίδης ἐν «Πρωτεσιλάῳ» 1, 49· ἀλλ’ ὁ Ἄλεξις ἐν «Κρατεύᾳ» 1. 12 καὶ 13, μνημονεύει τὰ δύο φυκὶς καὶ φύκης ὡς εἰ ἦσαν διάφορα τὸ εἶδος, ἴδε σημ. Κοραῆ εἰς Ξενοκρ. σ. 93.
