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|Definition=[[ὁ]] (ἡ <span class="bibl">Hippon.40</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>230</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>764</span>):—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[young pig]], [[porker]] (younger than [[δέλφαξ]], Ar.Byz. ap. Ath 9.375. <span class="bibl">Cratin.3a</span>), <span class="bibl">Od. 14.73</span>, Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>24.2, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.48</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>309</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>781</span>, etc.; offered as one of the smaller sacrifices, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>378a</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.8.5</span>, <span class="bibl">D.54.39</span>, <span class="bibl">Henioch.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> generally, = [[ὗς]], [[σῦς]], [[swine]], ἤδη δέλφακες, χοῖροι δὲ τοῖσιν ἄλλοις Cratin. l.c., cf. <span class="bibl">Mnesim.4.47</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cic.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span> 8.30</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[pudenda muliebria]], freq. in Com. poets, who are always punning on the word and its compds., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>773</span> sq., etc.; said to be a Corinthian usage, Suid. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> a fish of the Nile, <span class="bibl">Str.17.2.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Ath.7.312a</span>, <span class="title">Gp.</span>20.7.1, 13 tit. (Perh. for <b class="b2">ĝhoryo-</b> 'grey', cf. Norse [[griss]] 'sucking-pig', OHG [[grīs]] 'grey', or cf. Alb. <b class="b2">de[rmacr ]</b> 'pig'.)</span>