δορκάς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">άδος [ᾰ], ἡ,</b> (δέρκομαι, δέδορκα) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">an animal of the deer kind</b> (so called from its large bright eyes), in Greece, <b class="b2">roe, Cervus capreolus</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>699</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.7</span>; in Syria and Africa, <b class="b2">gazelle, Antilope dorcas</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.192</span> (in form <b class="b3">ζορκάς</b>), <span class="bibl">7.69</span>.—Other forms:—δόρξ, <b class="b3">δορκός, ἡ,</b> <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>376</span> (prob.), <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Lav.Pall.</span>91</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Am.</span>16</span>: δόρκος, ὁ, Dsc.2.75, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>2.315</span>, <span class="bibl">3.3</span>: δόρκων, ωνος, ὁ, Palamed. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.397a</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Ca.</span>2.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.Byz.<span class="title">Epit.</span>3.15</span>: ζορκάς (v. supr.): ζόρξ, <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Dian.</span>97</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>239</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>42</span>: ἴορκος, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>2.296</span>, <span class="bibl">3.3</span>. (<b class="b3">δόρκος</b> and <b class="b3">ἴορκος</b> are distd. fr. <b class="b3">δορκάς</b>.) </span>