μελάμπυγος

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English (LSJ)

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   A black-bottomed, considered a mark of manhood, Eub.61; a name of Heracles, μ. τοῖς ἐχθροῖς a very Heracles to them, Ar.Lys.802 (lyr.), cf. Hdt.7.216: prov., μή τευ μ. τύχης take care not to 'catch a Tartar', Archil.110.    II of a kind of eagle, v. πύγαργος.

German (Pape)

[Seite 118] mit schwarzem, schwarzbehaartem Hintern, was als Zeichen besonderer Mannhaftigkeit galt, ἐχθροῖς, Ar. Lys. 802. Vgl. Hesych. u. λευκόπυγος.