τραγέλαφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[goat-stag]], a fantastic animal, represented on Eastern carpets and the like, Ar.''Ra.''937; οἱ γραφῆς τραγελάφους καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα μειγνύντες γράφουσιν [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 488a, cf. Arist.''APr.''49a24, ''APo.''92b7; ποῦ ἐστὶ τ. ἢ σφίγξ; Id.''Ph.''208a30.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[a drinking-cup]], which had such a creature worked in relief on the fore-part, or was itself in this shape, Antiph. 224.4, Diph.80, Men.24, etc.; so θρόνος.. ἔχων τραγελάφων προτομὰς ἐκτύπους, ἐξ ὧν ἤρτηντο κρίκοι D.S.18.26; as a signet, ''IG''22.1388.62, ''Inscr.Délos'' 442 ''B''191 (ii B. C.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> a [[what's-itsname]], [[thingumbob]], [[τίθεται]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[σκινδαψός]]) <b class="b3"> καὶ κατ' οὐδενὸς</b> (fort. <b class="b3">καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεῖνος</b> legend.) ὡς τὸ τραγέλαφος St.Byz. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] [[Γαληψός]].<br><span class="bld">II</span> later, a real animal of Arabia, or on the Phasis, prob. a kind of [[wild goat]] or [[antelope]], [[LXX]] ''Jb.''39.1, D.S.2.51, Plin.''HN''8.120, etc.