ἀλώπηξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], εκος (also<br><span class="bld">A</span> ἀλώπηκος Anan.5), ἡ; dat. pl., ἀλώπεξι [[LXX]] 3 Ki.21.10, Ep. [[ἀλωπήκεσσι]] Opp.C.1.433:—[[fox]], [[Canis vulpes]] (smaller [[Egyptian]] [[species]] Arist.HA606a24, [[Canis niloticus]]), Archil.86.2, 89.5, Semon.7.7, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.67, etc.: of [[sly]] persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι [[βαίνειν]] Sol.11.5; [[μῆτιν ἀλώπηξ]] = a [[very]] [[fox]] for [[craft]], Pi.I.4(3).65: [[proverb|prov.]], τὴν . . [[Ἀρχίλοχος|Ἀρχιλόχου]] ἀλώπεκα [[ἑλκτέον]] [[ἐξόπισθεν]] = we [[must]] [[trail]] [[Archilochus]]' [[foxskin]] [[behind]], i.e. [[deceive]] by [[false]] [[appearance]]s, Pl.R.365c; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀλώπεκος [[ἐπιχέω|ἐπιχέαντες]] Eun.Hist.p.249D.; [[ἡ ἀλώπηξ τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει]] = '[[sleight masters might]]', Diogenian.2.73; πεινῶσαν ἀλώπεκα [[ὕπνος]] ἐπέρχεται = [[sleep]] [[allow]]s one to [[go]] [[without]] [[food]], '[[qui dort dine]]', Id.7.91; [[ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ]] = you can [[tell]] a [[fox]] by its [[tail]], '[[small]] [[trait]]s [[give]] the [[clue]] to the [[character]] of a [[person]]', Lat. [[cauda]] de [[vulpe]] testatur, '[[ex pede Herculem]]', Id.5.15; ἀλλ' οὐκ [[αὖθις]] ἀλώπηξ (''[[sc.]]'' πάγαις ἁλώσεται) = '[[a burnt child dreads the fire]]', Id.2.15.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[large]] [[bat]], [[Sciurus]] or [[Pteromys volans]], Arist.HA490a7.<br><span class="bld">III</span> = [[ἀλωπεκίας]] ''ΙΙ'', ib.566a31.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in plural, [[muscles of the loins]], [[psoas muscles]], Clearch.92, Ruf.Onom.189.<br><span class="bld">V</span> = [[ἀλωπεκία]] ''1'', [[mange]], Herod.7.72, Call.Dian. 79: in plural, [[bald]] [[patch]]es, Hp.Aff.35.<br><span class="bld">VI</span> kind of [[dance]], dub. in S.Fr.419 (prob. in sense v), cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]s.v. [[ὄρχησις]].