ἀλώπηξ

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εἰρήνη ἡ ὑπερέχουσα πάντα νοῦνpeace that surpasses all understanding

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Transliteration A: alṓpēx Transliteration B: alōpēx Transliteration C: alopiks Beta Code: a)lw/phc

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], εκος (also

   A ἀλώπηκος Anan.5), ἡ; dat. pl., ἀλώπεξι LXX 3 Ki.21.10, Ep. ἀλωπήκεσσι Opp.C.1.433:—fox, Canis vulpes (smaller Egyptian species Arist.HA606a24, C. niloticus), Archil.86.2, 89.5, Semon.7.7, Hdt.2.67, etc.: of sly persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν Sol.11.5; μῆτιν ἀ. a very fox for craft, Pi.I.4(3).65: prov., τὴν . . Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν we must trail Archilochus' foxskin behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, Pl.R.365c; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες Eun.Hist.p.249D.; ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει 'sleight masters might', Diogenian.2.73; πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται 'qui dort dine', Id.7.91; ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ 'ex pede Herculem', Id.5.15; ἀλλ' οὐκ αὖθις ἀ. (sc. πάγαις ἁλώσεται) 'a burnt child dreads the fire', Id.2.15.    II a large bat, Sciurus or Pteromys volans, Arist.HA490a7.    III = ἀλωπεκίας 11, ib.566a31.    IV in pl., muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles, Clearch.92, Ruf.Onom.189.    V = ἀλωπεκία 1, mange, Herod.7.72, Call.Dian. 79: in pl., bald patches, Hp.Aff.35.    VI kind of dance, dub. in S.Fr.419 (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch.s.v. ὄρχησις.

German (Pape)

[Seite 113] εκος, ἡ (Her. ἀλωπέκεων gen. pl. 3, 102; ἀλωπεκέεσσι Opp. Cyn. 1, 433), der Fuchs, Pind. αἴθων Ol. 10, 20; μῆτιν ἀλώπηξ, an Schlauheit ein Fuchs, I. 3, 65; κερδαλέα καὶ ποικίλη Plat. Rep. II, 365 c; häufig ein listiger, ränkevoller Mensch, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν Solon bei Plut. Sol. 30. Auch gleich ἀλωπεκῆ, Fuchsbalg, s. Ruhnk. zu Tim. 257; Krankheit, ἀλωπεκία, Call. Dian. 79; Hippocr. – Bei Arist. H. A. 1, 5 πτηνὰ δερμόπτερα, οἷον ἀλώπηξ wahrscheinlich sciurus volans. – Auch ein Fisch, Arist. H. A. 6, 10; Opp. H. 3, 144; Ael. H. A. 9, 12. S. ἀλωπεκίας. – Nach Ath. IX, 399 b und Poll. 2, 185 die Lendenmuskeln.