λύγξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ὁ, ἡ, gen. [[λυγκός]] ([[λύγγα]] in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>863</span> is perh. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> f.l. for [[λύγκα]], but cf. [[λύγγιος]]):—[[lynx]], [[Felis lynx]], h.Hom.19.24; βαλιαὶ λύγκες <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>579</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>500b15</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>175</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[caracal]], [[Felis caracal]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>14.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.85</span>, etc. (cf. [[λυγγούριον]]). (OHG. [[luhs]], Germ. [[luchs]], Lith. [[lúšis]].) </span><br /><span class="bld">λύγξ</span> (B), ἡ, gen. <b class="b3">λυγγός,</b> (λύζω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[hiccup]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aph.</span>5.58</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span> 185d</span>; <b class="b3">λ. κενή</b> an ineffectual [[retching]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>, cf. Aret <span class="title">CA</span>2.4: masc. in pl., τοῖς λυγξί Gal.1.356, but fem. in Id.15.846. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">λύγγα θηρατηρίαν</b> dub. l. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>474.1</span>.</span>