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ἀλώπηξ

alopex

fox

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Where it lives

Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
On Hunting 4 · 4.39/10k
Lamentationes 1 · 4.29/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Judices (cod. Al.) 2 · 1.37/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Knights 1 · 1.13/10k
Luke 2 · 1.04/10k
Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ἀλώπηξ · alōpēx — Beekes

ἀλώπηξ, -exog [f.] ‘fox’ (Archil.). <1 *hJop- ‘fox’> VAR On the gender see DELG. A shortened form is ἀλωπά (Alc.), ἀλωπός (Hdn.); on its origin see Sommer 1948: 5. Denominative dAwnever ἀνιχνεύει ‘tracks’ (H.). ἄμαθος 79 *DER Diminutive ἀλωπέκιον (Ar.); ἀλωπεκέη, -ἢ ‘fox-skin’ (Hdt.); ἀλωπεκία a disease of the skin (Arist.); also dAwnexiaotc (Gal.) in the same meaning; ἀλωπεκίας [m.] ‘branded with a fox’ (Luc.); … — [Beekes, s.v. ἀλώπηξ, p. 125]

2. ἀλώπηξ · alōpēx — Chantraine

ἀλώπηξ, -exnc : ?. «renard », le genre féminin s'expli- quant bien pour un animal à la fois craint et méprisé iArchii., ionicmattique), employé au figuré pour désigner une personne rusée, etc. Doubiets secondaires ἀλωπός m. {Hôn., employé comme adj. chez S., d’où hypothèse hardie chez Sommer, Nominalkomp. 5, n. 5} et ἀλωπά f. (Alc., Hsch.}, voir Schuize, KI. S. 399. ἢ Composés rares : ἀλωπεκο-ειδής (Gal.), … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἀλώπηξ, p. 82]

3. ἀλώπηξ · alōpēx — Frisk

ἀλώπηξ, -exos f. "Fuchs’ (ion. att.). Mehrere Ableitungen, alle ziemlich spärlich belegt: Demin. ἀλωπέκιον (Ar.); ἀλωπεκέη, «ἢ “Fuchsbalg’ (Hdt.u.a.); dAwrexia Name einer Haarkrankheit (Arist.), in dieser Bedeutung auch ἀλωπεκίασις (Gal.), vgl. Holt Les noms d’action en -oıs 137 A. 8; ἀλωπεκίας m. ‘mit dem Zeichen des Fuchses gebrandmarkt’ (Luk.); ἀλωπεκίς f. = κυναλώπηξ (X.), auch "Kopfbedeckung aus Fuchsfell (X.) … — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλώπηξ, p. 113]

4. ἀλώπηξ · alōpēx — Frisk

ἀλώπηξ, -exog entspricht bis auf den Stammauslaut arm. alues (€ sekundäre Dehnung), Gen. -esu ‘Fuchs’. In Betracht kommen auch andere Wörter für ‘Fuchs’ oder ähnliche Tiere, zunächst lit. läpe und lett. lapsa (mit 8 aus idg. k = gr. κ᾽). Aind. lopäsd- “Schakal’ und mp. röpäs ‘Fuchs’ weichen im Vokal ab (urspr. Diphthong). Noch entlegener sind lat. volpes Fuchs’, lit. vilpisys “wilde Katze’. Es ist unmöglich, diese … — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλώπηξ, p. 113]

5. ἀλώπηξ · alōpēx — Frisk

ἀλώπηξ. Zu ἀλωπεκίας als N. eines Fisches Strömberg Fischnamen 106. — [Frisk, s.v. ἀλώπηξ, p. 2154]

6. ἀλώπηξ · alōpēx — LSJ

fox, Canis vulpes, C. niloticus, very fox, fox-skin

fox, Canis vulpes (smaller Egyptian species Arist. HA 606a24, C. niloticus), Archil. 86.2, 89.5, Semon. 7.7, Hdt. 2.67, etc.: of sly persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν Sol. 11.5; μῆτιν ἀ. a very fox for craft, Pi. I. 4(3).65: prov., τὴν . . Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν we must trail Archilochus’ fox-skin behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, Pl. R. 365c; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες Eun. Hist. p.249D.; ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει ‘sleight masters might’, Diogenian. 2.73; πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος

II bat, Sciurus, Pteromys volans

a large bat, Sciurus or Pteromys volans, Arist. HA 490a7.

III

= ἀλωπεκίας II, ib. 566a31.

IV muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles

in pl., muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles, Clearch. 92, Ruf. Onom. 189.

V mange, bald patches

= ἀλωπεκία I, mange, Herod. 7.72, Call. Dian. 79: in pl., bald patches, Hp. Aff. 35.

VI dance

kind of dance, dub. in S. Fr. 419 (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch. s.v. ὄρχησις.

In the wild

ἀλώπεκας · alōpekas Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 673)
ἀλώπεχʼ · alōpechʼ Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 528)
ἀλώπηξ · alōpēx Aristophanes, Knights 1075 (DIORISIS sentence 776)
ἀλωπέκων · alōpekōn Aristophanes, Lysistrata 1266 (DIORISIS sentence 974)
ἀλώπεκες · alōpekes Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 833)
ἀλώπηξ · alōpēx Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae (DIORISIS sentence 891)

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἀλώπηξ (scan pp. 125-126; entry #408). Root candidates: *hJop-, *ulp-.
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἀλώπηξ (scan p. 82; entry #425).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἀλώπηξ (scan p. 113; entry #400).

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