λύγξ
οἴνῳ τὸν οἶνον ἐξελαύνειν → chase out the wine with wine, take a hair of the dog that bit you, try to drive out the wine with wine
English (LSJ)
(A), ὁ, ἡ, gen. λυγκός (λύγγα in E.Fr.863 is perh.
A f.l. for λύγκα, but cf. λύγγιος):—lynx, Felis lynx, h.Hom.19.24; βαλιαὶ λύγκες E.Alc.579 (lyr.), cf. Arist.HA500b15, Thphr.Fr.175, etc. II caracal, Felis caracal, Ael.NA14.6, Opp.C.3.85, etc. (cf. λυγγούριον). (OHG. luhs, Germ. luchs, Lith. lúšis.)
λύγξ (B), ἡ, gen. λυγγός, (λύζω)
A hiccup, Hp.Aph.5.58, al., Pl.Smp. 185d; λ. κενή an ineffectual retching, Th.2.49, cf. Aret CA2.4: masc. in pl., τοῖς λυγξί Gal.1.356, but fem. in Id.15.846. II λύγγα θηρατηρίαν dub. l. in S.Fr.474.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 67] υγγός, ἡ, der Schlucken; Thuc. 2, 49, παῦσαί με τῆς λυγγός Plat. Conv. 185 d, wo er auch sagt τυχεῖν αὐτῷ τινα λύγγα ἐπιπεπτωκυῖαν. – Auch das Schluchzen, Weinen, Sp. λυγκός, ὁ, ἡ, der Luchs; H. h. 18, 24; βαλιαί, Eur. Alc. 582; Opp. Cyn. 3, 85; Arist. u. A. – Spätere scheinen den gen. auch λυγγός gebildet zu haben, s. Jacobs Anth. Pal. p. 91.
