ἔχις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<span class="bibl">Nic. <span class="title">Th.</span>223</span>, -ῑς metri gr. <span class="title">IG</span>2.1660], εως, ὁ (ἡ <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.439</span>), gen. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἔχεων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>290a</span>: gen. sg. ἔχιος <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>130</span>: pl., dat. <b class="b3">ἐχίεσσι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">826</span>; gen. <b class="b3">ἐχίων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">653</span>; acc. <b class="b3">ἔχιας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">9</span>, but ἔχεις <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span>1.7</span>:—<b class="b2">viper</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>217e</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>511a16</span>, etc.: metaph., συκοφάντης καὶ ἔ. τὴν φύσιν <span class="bibl">D.25.96</span>; <b class="b3">ὥσπερ ἔ. ἢ σκορπίος ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον</b> ib.52; cf. [[ἔχιδνα]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[ἔχιον]] 11, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>541</span>, <span class="bibl">636</span>, <span class="bibl">Plin. <span class="title">HN</span>22.50</span>.</span>