σκολόπαξ

English (LSJ)

ᾰκος, ὁ, prob.

   A = ἀσκαλώπας, Arist.HA614a33, prob. cj. for σπάλακα in Thphr.Sign.49. [scolōpax in Nemesian.Aucup.21.]

German (Pape)

[Seite 902] ακος, ὁ, eine große Schnepfe, wahrscheinlich die Waldschnepfe, Arist. H. A. 9, 8, auch σκολῶπαξ geschrieben u. ἀσκάλωψ, ἀσκαλώπας.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σκολόπᾰξ: -ᾰκος, ὁ, ἴσως ἡ ξυλόκοττα, εἶδος μπεκάτσας, Scolopax rusticola, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 8, 12· scolõpax παρὰ τῷ Nemesean. Aucup. 21· καὶ ὁ Ἀριστ. δὲ ἔχει ἀσκαλώπας, ὃ ἴδε, Ἡσύχ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ακος (ὁ) :
sorte de bécasse, oiseau.
Étymologie: σκόλοψ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σκολόπαξ: ᾰκος ὁ вальдшнеп или бекас Arst.

Frisk Etymological English

-ακος
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: name of a bird, which is usually identified wit ἀσκαλώπας (-πᾶς?) m. (Arist.) and explained as woodcock, Scolopax rusticola; cf. Thompson Birds s. vv.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: To σκόλοψ pole (referring to the long beak of the snipe), either as cognate with it or folk-etymolog. adapted to it. With the anlaut and auslaut cf. e.g. ἀσπάλαξ beside σπάλαξ (Chantraine Form. 378); ἀσκαλώπας (-πᾶς?) like κελαινώπας (S. in lyr.), βύας, ἀτταγᾶς; the stemvowel after σκάλλω. -- Furnée 344 identifies the word with ἀσκαλωπ- and concludes that it was Pre-Greek. Anyhow the word looks Pre-Greek.