βόαξ
οὐδ' ἄμμε διακρινέει φιλότητος ἄλλο, πάρος θάνατόν γε μεμορμένον ἀμφικαλύψαι → nor will anything else divide us from our love before the fate of death enshrouds us (Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.1129f.)
English (LSJ)
ᾱκος, ὁ, Ion. βόηξ, contr. βῶξ, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.8.356a, Arist.HA610b4, Gp.20.7.1:—a grunting fish, sacred to Hermes, called from the sound it makes, Box boops, Epich.29, Ar.Fr.475, Numen. ap. Ath.7.286f, Speus.ibid.; cf. βόωψ.
Spanish (DGE)
-ᾱκος, ὁ
• Alolema(s): jón. βόηξ Numen.Her.SHell.569; contr. βῶξ Epich.98
ict. boga de mar, Boops boops L., Epich.l.c., Ar.Fr.491, Pherecr.117.3, Pl.Com.44, Archipp.16, Polioch.1, Nicom.Com.1.23, Diph.Siph. en Ath.356b, Arist.HA 610b4, Speus.15a, b, Numen.Her.l.c., Gp.20.7.1, cf. βόα, βόωψ, ἴωψ.
• Etimología: Etim. dud. Quizá rel. c. βοή.
German (Pape)
[Seite 450] ακος, ὁ, ein Fisch, comic. Ath. VII, 286 f. zusammengezogen βῶξ, vgl. Arist. H. A. 9, 2.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βόαξ: -ᾱκος, ὁ, συνηρ. βῶξ (Δίφυλ. Σιφν. παρ' Ἀθην. 356Α), εἶδος ἰχθύος ἱεροῦ τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ, κληθείς οὕτως ἐκ τοῦ ἤχου (μπὸξ) ὃν ἐκπέμπει, Ἐπίχαρμ. 10 Ahr., Ἀριστοφ. Ἀποσπ. 400, ἴδε Ἀθήν. 286 κἑξ.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
βόαξ: ᾱκος, стяж. βῶξ, βῶκος ὁ бок (колючеперая рыба, близкая к ершу) Arph., Arst.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: a fish, Box boops (Epich.)
Other forms: Ion. βόηξ, later βῶξ. Ar. Byz. preferred βόωψ (ap. Ath.). Cf. βόα = σάλπη (Pancrat. ap. Ath.).
Origin: XX [etym. unknown]
Etymology: The ancients believed that the fish was thus called because it cried; Strömberg Fischnamen 63-6; Thompson, Fishes s.v. βώξ. Latin LW [loanword] boca. ModGr. βοῦπα. γοῦπα, γῶπα.
