πτωκάς
From LSJ
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English (LSJ)
άδος, ἡ, (πτώξ, πτώσσω)
A timorous, πτωκάσιν αἰθυίῃσι Hom. Epigr.8.2; π. κύπειρος crouching, low, Simm.12. II pl. as Subst., timorous ones, i.e. birds, S.Ph.1093 (lyr., dub.l.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 812] άδος, ἡ, fem. zu πτώξ, scheu, flüchtig, furchtsam; Hom. ep. 8, 2; bei Soph. Phil. 1083 l. d.
