σκολόπαξ
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος (Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:1) → In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
English (LSJ)
ᾰκος, ὁ, prob.
A = ἀσκαλώπας, Arist.HA614a33, prob. cj. for σπάλακα in Thphr.Sign.49. [scolōpax in Nemesian.Aucup.21.]
German (Pape)
[Seite 902] ακος, ὁ, eine große Schnepfe, wahrscheinlich die Waldschnepfe, Arist. H. A. 9, 8, auch σκολῶπαξ geschrieben u. ἀσκάλωψ, ἀσκαλώπας.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σκολόπᾰξ: -ᾰκος, ὁ, ἴσως ἡ ξυλόκοττα, εἶδος μπεκάτσας, Scolopax rusticola, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 8, 12· scolõpax παρὰ τῷ Nemesean. Aucup. 21· καὶ ὁ Ἀριστ. δὲ ἔχει ἀσκαλώπας, ὃ ἴδε, Ἡσύχ.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ακος (ὁ) :
sorte de bécasse, oiseau.
Étymologie: σκόλοψ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
σκολόπαξ: ᾰκος ὁ вальдшнеп или бекас Arst.
Frisk Etymological English
-ακος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: name of a bird, which is usually identified wit ἀσκαλώπας (-πᾶς?) m. (Arist.) and explained as woodcock, Scolopax rusticola; cf. Thompson Birds s. vv.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: To σκόλοψ pole (referring to the long beak of the snipe), either as cognate with it or folk-etymolog. adapted to it. With the anlaut and auslaut cf. e.g. ἀσπάλαξ beside σπάλαξ (Chantraine Form. 378); ἀσκαλώπας (-πᾶς?) like κελαινώπας (S. in lyr.), βύας, ἀτταγᾶς; the stemvowel after σκάλλω. -- Furnée 344 identifies the word with ἀσκαλωπ- and concludes that it was Pre-Greek. Anyhow the word looks Pre-Greek.
