αἴξ

English (LSJ)

αἰγός, ὁ, h(: dat. pl.

   A αἴγεσιν Il.10.486, αἴγεσσιν Choerob. in Theod.323; also Boeot. ἤγυς, = αἴγοις, IG7.3171:—goat, mostly fem., μηκάδας αἶγας Od.9.124; λεύκας αἶγος Sapph.7(s.v.l.), cf. Ar.Nu.71, Pl.Lg.639a, etc., but masc. in Od.14.106,530; also τῶν αἰγῶν τῶν τραγῶν Hdt.3.112:—once in Trag., S.Fr.793 (anap.).    2 αἲξ ἄγριος wild goat, prob. ibex (cf. αἴγαγρος), ἰονθάς Od.14.50; ἴξαλος Il.4.105; αἶγες ὀρεσκῷοι Od.9.155; ἀγρότεραι 17.295:—proverbs, αἲξ οὐρανία in Com. as a source of mysterious and suspected wealth, in allusion to the horn of Amalthea, Cratin.244; οὐράνιον αἶγα πλουτοφόρον Com.Adesp.8; αἲξ τὴν μάχαιραν (sc. ηὗρε), of those who 'ask for trouble', Zen.1.27; αἲξ οὔπω τέτοκεν 'don't count your chickens before they are hatched', 1.42; αἲξ Σκυρία· ἐπὶ τῶν τὰς εὐεργεσίας ἀνατρεπόντων· ἀνατρέπει γὰρ τὸ ἀγγεῖον ἀμελχθεῖσα Diogenian.2.33; αἲξ ἐς θάλασσαν· ἀτενὲς ὁρᾷς, ἐπὶ τῶν φιληδούντων 3.8; κἂν αἲξ δάκἡ ἄνδρα πονηρόν 5.87; οὐ δύναμαι τὴν αἶγα φέρειν, ἐπί μοι θέτε τὸν βοῦν Plu.2.830a; ἐλεύθεραι αἶγες ἀρότρων· ἐπὶ τῶν βάρους τινὸς ἀπηλλαγμένων Zen.3.69; κατ' αἶγας ἀγρίας, = ἐς κόρακας, Hsch., Diogenian.5.49; νοῦσος, αἶγας ἐς ἀγριάδας τὴν ἀποπεμπόμεθα Call.Aet.3.1.13; αἰγῶν ὀνόματα, of worthless objects, Suid.    3 the star Capella, Arat. 157.    II a water-bird, apparently of the goose kind, Arist.HA 593b23.    III fiery meteor, Arist.Mete.341b3.    IV in pl., waves, Artem.2.12. (Att. αἶξ, acc. to Hdn.Gr.1.937.)