κρέξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, gen. <b class="b3">κρεκός</b>, a long-legged bird, perh. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">corn-crake, Rallus crex</b>, or <b class="b2">ruff, Machetes pugnax</b>, <b class="b3">τούτους</b> (sc. <b class="b3">λίθους</b>) ἐτύκιζον αἱ κρέκες τοῖς ῥύγχεσιν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1138</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>695a22</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>4.5</span>; sacred to Athena, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>3.5</span>; [ἡ ἶβις] μέγαθος ὅσον κ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.76</span>; a name of ill omen to the newly-married, <span class="bibl">Euph.4</span>: hence <b class="b3">δισάρπαγος κρέξ</b>, of Helen, Lyc.513. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">noisy braggart</b>, <span class="bibl">Eup. 423</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">hair</b>, Hsch., Suid.: acc. κρέκαν <span class="bibl">Eust.1528.18</span>.</span>