ἀλώπηξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], εκος (also <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἀλώπηκος <span class="bibl">Anan.5</span>), <b class="b3">ἡ;</b> dat. pl., ἀλώπεξι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">3 Ki.</span>21.10</span>, Ep. ἀλωπήκεσσι <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>1.433</span>:—[[fox]], [[Canis vulpes]] (smaller Egyptian species <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>606a24</span>, <b class="b2">C. niloticus</b>), <span class="bibl">Archil.86.2</span>, <span class="bibl">89.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Semon.7.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.67</span>, etc.: of sly persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν <span class="bibl">Sol.11.5</span>; <b class="b3">μῆτιν ἀ</b>. a [[very fox]] for craft, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).65</span>: prov., <b class="b3">τὴν . . Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν</b> we must trail Archilochus' [[foxskin]] behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>365c</span>; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες <span class="bibl">Eun.<span class="title">Hist.</span>p.249D.</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει</b> 'sleight masters might', <span class="bibl">Diogenian.2.73</span>; <b class="b3">πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται</b> 'qui dort dine', <span class="bibl">Id.7.91</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ</b> 'ex pede Herculem', <span class="bibl">Id.5.15</span>; <b class="b3">ἀλλ' οὐκ αὖθις ἀ</b>. (sc. <b class="b3">πάγαις ἁλώσεται</b>) 'a burnt child dreads the fire', <span class="bibl">Id.2.15</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a large [[bat]], [[Sciurus]] or [[Pteromys volans]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>490a7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀλωπεκίας]] ''ΙΙ'', ib.<span class="bibl">566a31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in pl., <b class="b2">muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles</b>, <span class="bibl">Clearch.92</span>, <span class="bibl">Ruf.<span class="title">Onom.</span>189</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> = [[ἀλωπεκία]] <span class="bibl">1</span>, [[mange]], <span class="bibl">Herod.7.72</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Dian.</span> 79</span>: in pl., [[bald patches]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Aff.</span>35</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> kind of [[dance]], dub. in <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>419</span> (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch.s.v. [[ὄρχησις]].</span>