βόαξ
τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life
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.
Spanish (DGE)
-ᾱκος, ὁ
• Alolema(s): jón. βόηξ Numen.Her.SHell.569; contr. βῶξ Epich.98
ict. boga de mar, Boops boops L., Epich.l.c., Ar.Fr.491, Pherecr.117.3, Pl.Com.44, Archipp.16, Polioch.1, Nicom.Com.1.23, Diph.Siph. en Ath.356b, Arist.HA 610b4, Speus.15a, b, Numen.Her.l.c., Gp.20.7.1, cf. βόα, βόωψ, ἴωψ.
• Etimología: Etim. dud. Quizá rel. c. βοή.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
βόαξ: ᾱκος, стяж. βῶξ, βῶκος ὁ бок (колючеперая рыба, близкая к ершу) Arph., Arst.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: a fish, Box boops (Epich.)
Other forms: Ion. βόηξ, later βῶξ. Ar. Byz. preferred βόωψ (ap. Ath.). Cf. βόα = σάλπη (Pancrat. ap. Ath.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: The ancients believed that the fish was thus called because it cried; Strömberg Fischnamen 63-6; Thompson, Fishes s.v. βώξ. Latin LW [loanword] boca. ModGr. βοῦπα. γοῦπα, γῶπα.
