δορκάς

English (LSJ)

άδος [ᾰ], ἡ, (δέρκομαι, δέδορκα)

   A an animal of the deer kind (so called from its large bright eyes), in Greece, roe, Cervus capreolus, E.Ba.699, X.Cyr.1.4.7; in Syria and Africa, gazelle, Antilope dorcas, Hdt.4.192 (in form ζορκάς), 7.69.—Other forms:—δόρξ, δορκός, ἡ, E.HF376 (prob.), Call.Lav.Pall.91, Luc.Am.16: δόρκος, ὁ, Dsc.2.75, Opp.C.2.315, 3.3: δόρκων, ωνος, ὁ, Palamed. ap. Ath.11.397a, LXXCa.2.17, Ar.Byz.Epit.3.15: ζορκάς (v. supr.): ζόρξ, Call. Dian.97, Fr.239, Nic.Th.42: ἴορκος, Opp.C.2.296, 3.3. (δόρκος and ἴορκος are distd. fr. δορκάς.)