ὄρυξ

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εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses

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Full diacritics: ὄρυξ Medium diacritics: ὄρυξ Low diacritics: όρυξ Capitals: ΟΡΥΞ
Transliteration A: óryx Transliteration B: oryx Transliteration C: oryks Beta Code: o)/ruc

English (LSJ)

ῠγος, ὁ (ὄρυγξ Hsch.),

   A pickaxe or any sharp iron tool for digging, AP6.297 (Phan.).    II a kind of gazelle or antelope, in Egypt and Libya, so called from its pointed horns, beisa, Oryx leucoryx, described as μονόκερως, Arist.HA499b20, PA663a23, cf. Callix. 2, LXX De.14.5, Ph.2.353, Plu.2.974f, Opp.C.2.446, 4.34, Ael.NA7.8.    2 ὄ. τετράκερως Indian four-horned antelope, Tetraceros quadricornis, ib.15.14 ; also an Indian gazelle, ib.13.25.    III a great fish, perh. narwhal, Monodon monoceros, or a kind of whale, Str.3.2.7.

German (Pape)

[Seite 388] υγος, auch ὄρυγξ, υγγος, ὁ, 1) spitziges Eisen zum Graben od. Bohren, bes. Spitzeisen, Werkzeug des Steinmetzen zum Einhauen, Eingraben in Stein; neben Ackergeräthschaften nennt Phani. 4 (VI, 297) δαπέδων μουνορυχὰν ὄρυγα, Hesych.; vgl. Lob. Phryn. 231. – 2) eine Gazellenart in Aegypten od. Libyen, wegen ihrer graden spitzigen Hörner so benannt, Ath. V, 200 e, wo Schweigh. zu vergleichen; Opp. Cyn. 3, 3. – 3) eine Wallfischart, vielleicht das Seeeinhorn, Strab.