ἀλώπηξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], εκος (also <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἀλώπηκος <span class="bibl">Anan.5</span>), <b class="b3">ἡ;</b> dat. pl., ἀλώπεξι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>21.10</span>, Ep. ἀλωπήκεσσι <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.433</span>:—[[fox]], [[Canis vulpes]] (smaller Egyptian species <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>606a24</span>, [[Canis niloticus]]), <span class="bibl">Archil.86.2</span>, <span class="bibl">89.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Semon.7.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.67</span>, etc.: of [[sly]] persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι [[βαίνειν]] <span class="bibl">Sol.11.5</span>; [[μῆτιν ἀλώπηξ]] = a [[very]] [[fox]] for [[craft]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).65</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">τὴν . . Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν</b> we [[must]] [[trail]] [[Archilochus]]' [[foxskin]] [[behind]], i.e. [[deceive]] by [[false]] [[appearance]]s, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>365c</span>; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀλώπεκος ἐπιχέαντες <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">Hist.</span>p.249D.</span>; [[ἡ ἀλώπηξ τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει]] = '[[sleight masters might]]', <span class="bibl">Diogenian.2.73</span>; πεινῶσαν ἀλώπεκα [[ὕπνος]] ἐπέρχεται = '[[qui dort dine]]', <span class="bibl">Id.7.91</span>; [[ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ]] = '[[ex pede Herculem]]', <span class="bibl">Id.5.15</span>; ἀλλ' οὐκ αὖθις ἀλώπηξ (sc. πάγαις ἁλώσεται) = '[[a burnt child dreads the fire]]', <span class="bibl">Id.2.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a [[large]] [[bat]], [[Sciurus]] or [[Pteromys volans]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>490a7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀλωπεκίας]] ''ΙΙ'', ib.<span class="bibl">566a31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> in plural, [[muscles of the loins]], [[psoas muscles]], <span class="bibl">Clearch.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>189</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> = [[ἀλωπεκία]] ''1'', [[mange]], <span class="bibl">Herod.7.72</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span> 79</span>: in plural, [[bald]] [[patch]]es, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aff.</span>35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">VI</span> kind of [[dance]], dub. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>419</span> (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch.s.v. [[ὄρχησις]].</span>