λάταξ

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ᾰγος, ἡ, usu. in pl. λάταγες, in the game of κότταβος,

   A the drops of wine in the bottom of the cup which were thrown into a basin with a splash, λάταγες ποτέονται κυλίχναν ἀπὺ Τηΐαν Alc.43; ἀπ' ἀγκύλης . . ἵησι λάταγας Cratin.273, cf. Hermipp.47.7 (anap.), Critias 2.2 D., Call.Fr.102: so collectively in sg., ξανθὴ Ἀφροδισία λ. S.Fr.277 (lyr.).    II a water-quadruped, perh. beaver, Arist.HA487a22, 594b32.