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|Definition=[[αἰγός]], ὁ, ἡ</b>: dat. pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> αἴγεσιν <span class="bibl">Il.10.486</span>, αἴγεσσιν <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>323</span>; also Boeot. [[ἤγυς]], = [[αἴγοις]], <span class="title">IG</span>7.3171:—[[goat]], mostly fem., μηκάδας αἶγας <span class="bibl">Od.9.124</span>; λεύκας αἶγος Sapph.7(s.v.l.), cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>71</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>639a</span>, etc., but masc. in <span class="bibl">Od.14.106</span>,<span class="bibl">530</span>; also τῶν αἰγῶν τῶν τραγῶν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.112</span>:—once in Trag., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>793</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[αἲξ ἄγριος]] = [[wild]] [[goat]], prob. [[ibex]] (cf. [[αἴγαγρος]]), [[ἰονθάς]] <span class="bibl">Od.14.50</span>; ἴξαλος <span class="bibl">Il.4.105</span>; αἶγες ὀρεσκῷοι <span class="bibl">Od.9.155</span>; ἀγρότεραι <span class="bibl">17.295</span>:—proverbs, [[αἲξ οὐρανία]] in Com. as a [[source]] of [[mysterious]] and suspected [[wealth]], in [[allusion]] to the [[horn]] of [[Amalthea]], <span class="bibl">Cratin.244</span>; οὐράνιον αἶγα πλουτοφόρον <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>8; [[αἲξ τὴν μάχαιραν]] (sc. [[ηὗρε]]), of those who '[[ask for trouble]]', <span class="bibl">Zen.1.27</span>; [[αἲξ οὔπω τέτοκεν]] = [[don't count your chickens before they are hatched]], [[don't count your chickens before they hatch]], [[first catch your hare]], [[first catch your rabbit]], [[first catch your rabbit and then make your stew]], [[first catch your hare, then cook it]], [[first catch your hare, then cook him]], <span class="bibl">1.42</span>; αἲξ Σκυρία· ἐπὶ τῶν τὰς εὐεργεσίας ἀνατρεπόντων· ἀνατρέπει γὰρ τὸ ἀγγεῖον ἀμελχθεῖσα <span class="bibl">Diogenian.2.33</span>; αἲξ ἐς θάλασσαν· ἀτενὲς ὁρᾷς, ἐπὶ τῶν φιληδούντων <span class="bibl">3.8</span>; κἂν αἲξ δάκἡ ἄνδρα πονηρόν <span class="bibl">5.87</span>; οὐ δύναμαι τὴν αἶγα φέρειν, ἐπί μοι θέτε τὸν βοῦν Plu.2.830a; ἐλεύθεραι αἶγες ἀρότρων· ἐπὶ τῶν βάρους τινὸς ἀπηλλαγμένων <span class="bibl">Zen.3.69</span>; [[κατ' αἶγας ἀγρίας]] = [[ἐς κόρακας]], Hsch., <span class="bibl">Diogenian.5.49</span>; νοῦσος, αἶγας ἐς ἀγριάδας τὴν ἀποπεμπόμεθα <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Aet.</span>3.1.13</span>; [[αἰγῶν ὀνόματα]], of [[worthless]] [[object]]s, Suid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> the [[star]] [[Capella]], <span class="bibl">Arat. 157</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a water-bird, apparently of the [[goose]] kind, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 593b23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[fiery]] [[meteor]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>341b3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> in pl., [[wave]]s, <span class="bibl">Artem.2.12</span>. (Att. [[αἶξ]], acc. to Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">1.937</span>.)</span>