κόκκυξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ῡγος, ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[cuckoo]], Hes.''Op.''486, Epich.164, Ar.''Av.''504, Arist. ''HA''563b14, 618a8; sacred to Hera, Paus.2.17.4; <b class="b3">ἐχειροτόνησάν με—κόκκυγές γε τρεῖς</b>, i.e. three fellows who voted over and over again, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''598, cf. <b class="b3">κόκκυγες· ἐπὶ ὑπονοηθέντων πλειόνων εἶναι καὶ ὀλίγων ὄντων</b>, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; <b class="b3">μῆλον κόκκυγος</b>, = [[κοκκύμηλον]], Nic.''Fr.''87.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[stammerer]], nickname of Battus, Sch.Pi.''P.''4.1.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a sea-fish, [[piper]], [[Trigla cuculus]], said to make a sound like [[cuckoo]], Hp.''Int.''21, Arist. ''HA''535b18, 598a15, Numen. ap. Ath.7.309f, Speus. ap. eund.7.324f, Opp.''H.''1.97.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ὄλυνθος]], a fig that ripens early, Nic. ''Th.'' 854.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> Medic., [[os coccygis]], Ruf.''Onom.''114, Gal.2.762; but <b class="b3">τρητὸς κ.</b>, = the whole [[os sacrum]], Poll.2.183.<br><span class="bld">V</span> mark on a horse's shoulder, ''Hippiatr.''14, 26, 115.