λύγξ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A), ὁ, ἡ, gen. [[λυγκός]] ([[λύγγα]] in E.''Fr.''863 is perhaps<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] for [[λύγκα]], but cf. [[λύγγιος]]):—[[lynx]], [[Felis lynx]], h.Hom.19.24; βαλιαὶ λύγκες E.''Alc.''579 (lyr.), cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''500b15, Thphr.''Fr.''175, etc.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[caracal]], [[Felis caracal]], Ael.''NA''14.6, Opp.''C.''3.85, etc. (cf. [[λυγγούριον]]). (OHG. [[luhs]], Germ. [[luchs]], Lith. lúšis.) <br /><br />(B), ἡ, gen. <b class="b3">λυγγός,</b> ([[λύζω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[hiccup]], Hp.''Aph.''5.58, al., Pl.''Smp.'' 185d; <b class="b3">λ. κενή</b> an [[ineffectual]] [[retching]], Th.2.49, cf. Aret ''CA''2.4: masc. in plural, τοῖς λυγξί Gal.1.356, but fem. in Id.15.846.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">λύγγα θηρατηρίαν</b> dub. l. in [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''474.1.