ψίλαξ
From LSJ
ἰχθύς ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὄζειν ἄρχεται → the fish stinks from the head, a fish rots from the head down, the fish rots from the head down, fish begin to stink at the head, the fish stinks first at the head, corruption starts at the top, the rot starts at the top
English (LSJ)
(A) [ῑ], ακος, ὁ, A = ψιλός, Ar.Fr.891.
ψίλαξ (B), ακος, ὁ, epith. of Dionysus at Amyclae, Paus.3.19.6; he explains it as A winged (from ψίλον Dor. for πτίλον), which suggests that it has ῐ.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ψίλαξ: [ῐ], -ᾰκος, ὁ, = ψιλός, Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 705· «ψίλαξ ποιηταί, ὡς Ἀριστοφάνης, ψιλὸς δὲ καὶ λεῖος λογογράφοι» Θωμᾶς Μάγιστρ. σ. 928, πρβλ. καὶ Μοῖριν σ. 419.
Greek Monolingual
-ακος, ὁ, Α
ψιλός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ψιλός + επίθημα -αξ, -ακος (πρβλ. κόλ-αξ)].
