κρέξ

English (LSJ)

ἡ, gen. κρεκός, a long-legged bird, perh.

   A corn-crake, Rallus crex, or ruff, Machetes pugnax, τούτους (sc. λίθους) ἐτύκιζον αἱ κρέκες τοῖς ῥύγχεσιν Ar.Av.1138, cf. Arist.PA695a22, Ael.NA4.5; sacred to Athena, Porph.Abst.3.5; [ἡ ἶβις] μέγαθος ὅσον κ. Hdt.2.76; a name of ill omen to the newly-married, Euph.4: hence δισάρπαγος κρέξ, of Helen, Lyc.513.    2 metaph., noisy braggart, Eup. 423.    II hair, Hsch., Suid.: acc. κρέκαν Eust.1528.18.