ἔλλοψ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οπος, ὁ, ἡ, [[epithet]] of fish (exc. <b class="b3">ἔλλοπι κούρᾳ</b>, of Echo, Theoc. ''Syrinx'' 18), expld. as<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[dumb]] by [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] (also by [[δασεῖς]], [[τραχεῖς]], [[ποικίλοι]]), but perhaps rather, [[scaly]] (cf. [[λεπίς]]): ἔλλοπας ἰχθῦς Hes.''Sc.''212; ἔλλοπος μυνδοῦ δίκην Lyc.1375:—also [[ἔλλοπος]], Emp.117: or [[ἐλλός]], ἰχθύες ἐλλοί Titanomach.''Fr.''4; ἐλλοῖς ἰχθύσιν [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''1297.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as [[substantive]], [[fish]], in general, Nic.''Al.''481, Lyc.600, Opp.''H.''2.658, 3.55,89; fem., Lyc.796.<br><span class="bld">2</span> an unknown [[sea-fish]], Arist.''HA''505a15, etc.; also [[ἔλοψ]], Epich.71, Archestr.''Fr.''11.1, Matro ''Conv.''69, Apio ap.Ath. 7.294f, Plu.2.979c; identified with <b class="b3">ἱερὸς ἰχθῦς</b> by Ael.''NA''8.28.<br><span class="bld">3</span> a [[serpent]], Nic.''Th.''490.