ἀλώπηξ
καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], εκος (also
A ἀλώπηκος Anan.5), ἡ; dat. pl., ἀλώπεξι LXX 3 Ki.21.10, Ep. ἀλωπήκεσσι Opp.C.1.433:—fox, Canis vulpes (smaller Egyptian species Arist.HA606a24, C. niloticus), Archil.86.2, 89.5, Semon.7.7, Hdt.2.67, etc.: of sly persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν Sol.11.5; μῆτιν ἀ. a very fox for craft, Pi.I.4(3).65: prov., τὴν . . Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν we must trail Archilochus' foxskin behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, Pl.R.365c; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες Eun.Hist.p.249D.; ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει 'sleight masters might', Diogenian.2.73; πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται 'qui dort dine', Id.7.91; ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ 'ex pede Herculem', Id.5.15; ἀλλ' οὐκ αὖθις ἀ. (sc. πάγαις ἁλώσεται) 'a burnt child dreads the fire', Id.2.15. II a large bat, Sciurus or Pteromys volans, Arist.HA490a7. III = ἀλωπεκίας 11, ib.566a31. IV in pl., muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles, Clearch.92, Ruf.Onom.189. V = ἀλωπεκία 1, mange, Herod.7.72, Call.Dian. 79: in pl., bald patches, Hp.Aff.35. VI kind of dance, dub. in S.Fr.419 (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch.s.v. ὄρχησις.
