βόαξ
From LSJ
παρθενικὴν δὲ γαμεῖν, ἵνα ἤθεα κεδνὰ διδάξῃς → take thee a maiden to wife, and teach her ways of discretion
English (LSJ)
ᾱκος, ὁ, Ion. βόηξ, contr. βῶξ, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.8.356a, Arist.HA610b4, Gp.20.7.1:—a
A grunting fish, sacred to Hermes, called from the sound it makes, Box boops, Epich.29, Ar.Fr.475, Numen. ap. Ath.7.286f, Speus.ibid.; cf. βόωψ.
German (Pape)
[Seite 450] ακος, ὁ, ein Fisch, comic. Ath. VII, 286 f. zusammengezogen βῶξ, vgl. Arist. H. A. 9, 2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βόαξ: -ᾱκος, ὁ, συνηρ. βῶξ (Δίφυλ. Σιφν. παρ' Ἀθην. 356Α), εἶδος ἰχθύος ἱεροῦ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ, κληθείς οὕτως ἐκ τοῦ ἤχου (μπὸξ) ὃν ἐκπέμπει, Ἐπίχαρμ. 10 Ahr., Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 400, ἴδε Ἀθήν. 286 κἑξ.
