κροκόττας
From LSJ
μή μοι θεοὺς καλοῦσα βουλεύου κακῶς· πειθαρχία γάρ ἐστι τῆς εὐπραξίας μήτηρ, γυνὴ Σωτῆρος· ὦδ᾽ ἔχει λόγος → When you invoke the gods, do not be ill-advised. For Obedience is the mother of Success, wife of Salvation—as the saying goes.
English (LSJ)
α, ὁ, an Indian wild beast, supposed to be a hybrid between wolf and dog, perh.really the
A hyena, Ctes.Fr.87, Agatharch. 77, Peripl.M.Rubr.50, IG14.1302 (Praeneste): κροκούττας Str.16.4.16: κοροκόττας Ael.NA7.22, Porph.Abst.3.4, Plin.HN8.107: κοροκότας D.C.76.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1512] ὁ, ein Thier in Indien, wahrscheinlich eine Hyänenart, Hesych.; vgl. D. Sic. 3, 35, Ael. H. A. 7, 22; crocota u. crocuta der Römer.
