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