βόαξ · boax — LSJ
grunting fish, Box boops
grunting fish, sacred to Hermes, called from the sound it makes, Box boops, Epich. 29, Ar. Fr. 475, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.286f, Speus.ibid.; cf. βόωψ.
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βόαξ
boax · ὁ
grunting fish
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