βόαξ
λύχνον μεθ᾿ ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων “ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ” → He lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, “I am looking for a human”
English (LSJ)
ᾱκος, ὁ, Ion. βόηξ, contr. βῶξ, Diph.Siph. ap. Ath.8.356a, Arist.HA610b4, Gp.20.7.1:—a
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.
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.
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.