λύσσα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. λύττᾰ, ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[rage]], [[fury]], in Hom. always of [[martial rage]], κρατερὴ δέ ἑ λ. δέδυκεν <span class="bibl">Il.9.239</span>; <b class="b3">λ. ἔχων ὀλοήν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">305</span>; λ. δέ οἱ κῆρ αἰὲν ἔχε κρατερή <span class="bibl">21.542</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., [[raging madness]], [[frenzy]], such as was caused by the gods, as that of <span class="bibl">10</span>, λύσσης πνεύματι μάργῳ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>883</span> (anap.); of Orestes, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ch.</span>287</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>254</span>, etc.; of the Proetides, <span class="bibl">B.10.102</span>; of Bacchic frenzy, ἐλαφρὰ λ. <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Ba.</span>851</span>; <b class="b3">θοαὶ Λύσσας κύνες</b>, of the Furies, ib.<span class="bibl">977</span> (lyr.); λύσσῃ παράκοπος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>680</span>: strengthd., λ. μανιάς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>941.4</span>; λύττα ἐρωτική <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>839a</span>; [[λ]]. alone, of [[raging love]], <span class="bibl">Theoc.3.47</span>; simply, [[rage]], Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.77 W.; [[fanaticism]], περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις Gal.8.148 (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> personified, [[Λύσσα]] [[the goddess of madness]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>823</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[rabies]], in dogs, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.7.26</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>604a5</span>, Gal.1.296; in horses, <span class="bibl">Porph. <span class="title">Abst.</span>3.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[the worm]] under the tongue [[of dogs]], removed from the belief that it produces rabies, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>29.100</span>.</span>