ἔλαφος

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Menander, Monostichoi, 387
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Full diacritics: ἔλᾰφος Medium diacritics: ἔλαφος Low diacritics: έλαφος Capitals: ΕΛΑΦΟΣ
Transliteration A: élaphos Transliteration B: elaphos Transliteration C: elafos Beta Code: e)/lafos

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 ἐλ-, cf. ἐλλός (from *ἐλνός), Lith. élnis 'stag'.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 792] ὁ, ἡ, Hirsch, Hirschkuh oder Hindinn; ὑψίκερως Od. 10, 158; κεραός Il. 11, 475; ταχεῖα Od. 13, 436; φυζακιναί Il. 13, 102; θήλεια Pind. Ol. 3, 30; βαλιαί Eur. Hipp. 218; öfter bei Dichtern, oft Sinnbild der Furchtsamkeit, Il. 21, 486; κραδίην ἐλάφοιο ἔχων, ein Hirschherz habend, d. i. feig, 1, 225. Wo die Gattung bezeichnet wird, ist es gew. fem.; so sagt Arist. H. A. 1, 5 sogar αἱ ἔλαφοι τὰ κέρατα ἀποβάλλουσιν. – Long. 3, 15 πήρα ἐλάφου, die Hirschhaut. – Bei Ath. XIV, 646 e eine Kuchenart. – Vgl. ἐλαφρός; die Alten denken wunderlich an ἕλκειν ὄφεις.