ἔλαφος
νόησε δὲ δῖος Ὀδυσσεὺς σαίνοντάς τε κύνας, περί τε κτύπος ἦλθε ποδοῖιν → godly Odysseus heard the fawning of dogs, and on top of that came the beat of two feet
English (LSJ)
ὁ and ἡ,
A deer, Cervus elaphus, whether male, hart or stag, Il.3.24, etc.; or female, hind, 11.113, etc.; κεραός, ὑψίκερως, ib.475, Od.10.158; κεροῦσσα S.Fr.89; ἔ. βαλιαί E.Hipp.218 (anap.); ἔ. ἀντὶ παρθένου Lib.Ep.785.1; κραδίην ἐλάφοιο [ἔχων] with heart of deer. i.e. a coward, Il.1.225; φυζακινῇς ἐλάφοισιν ἐοίκεσαν 13.102, cf. Pl.La. 196e. (Fem. as a generic term, in Trag. and X.Cyn.9.11, 10.22, cf. αἱ ἔ. τὰ κέρατα ἀποβάλλουσιν Arist.HA611a27.) II κέρας ἐλάφου hartshorn, Gp.13.8.2. III deerskin, ἐλάφου πήρα Longus3.15. IV a kind of cake, Ath.14.649e. V figure of a deer used as a weight, IG5(2).125 (Tegea, ii A.D.). (-φος as in ἔρι-φος, etc., ἐλα- from ἐλṇ-, cf. ἐλλός (from *ἐλνός), Lith. élnis 'stag'.)
