δορκάς
Ἀδώνι' ἄγομεν καὶ τὸν Ἄδωνιν κλᾴομεν → We conduct the rites of Adonis, we weep for Adonis (Pherecrates, fr. 170)
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.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 658] άδος, ἡ, ein hirschartiges Thier, Reh, Gazelle, von seinen schönen hellen Augen (δέρκομαι) benannt; Eur. Bacch. 698; Her. 7, 69; Xen. Cyr. 1, 4, 7; vgl. Ael. H. A. 14, 14, wo es für die Antiöope genommen wird. S. noch ζόρξ u. δόρκη, δόρξ.
