πτωκάς

English (LSJ)

άδος, ἡ, (πτώξ, πτώσσω)

   A timorous, πτωκάσιν αἰθυίῃσι Hom. Epigr.8.2; π. κύπειρος crouching, low, Simm.12.    II pl. as Subst., timorous ones, i.e. birds, S.Ph.1093 (lyr., dub.l.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 812] άδος, ἡ, fem. zu πτώξ, scheu, flüchtig, furchtsam; Hom. ep. 8, 2; bei Soph. Phil. 1083 l. d.