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|Definition=Att. [[λύττα]], ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[rage]], [[fury]], in Hom. always of [[martial rage]], κρατερὴ δέ ἑ λ. δέδυκεν Il.9.239; <b class="b3">λύσσα ἔὀλοήν</b> ib.305; λ. δέ οἱ κῆρ αἰὲν ἔχε κρατερή 21.542.<br><span class="bld">2</span> after Hom., [[raging madness]], [[frenzy]], such as was caused by the gods, as that of 10, λύσσης πνεύματι μάργῳ [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''883 (anap.); of [[Orestes]], Id.''Ch.''287, [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''254, etc.; of the [[Proetides]], B.10.102; of [[Bacchic]] [[frenzy]], ἐλαφρὰ λύσσα E. ''Ba.''851; <b class="b3">θοαὶ Λύσσας κύνες</b>, of the [[Furies]], ib.977 (lyr.); λύσσῃ παράκοπος Ar.''Th.''680: strengthened, λύσσα μανιάς [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''941.4; λύττα ἐρωτική Pl.''Lg.''839a; [[λύσσα]] alone, of [[raging love]], Theoc.3.47; simply, [[rage]], Phld.''Ir.''p.77 W.; [[fanaticism]], περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις Gal.8.148 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> personified, [[Λύσσα]] = [[Lyssa]], the [[goddess of madness]], E.''HF''823.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[rabies]], in [[dog]]s, X.''An.''5.7.26, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''604a5, Gal.1.296; in horses, Porph. ''Abst.''3.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> the [[worm]] under the [[tongue]] of [[dog]]s, removed from the [[belief]] that it produces [[rabies]], Plin.''HN''29.100.