The corpus record

δάκος

dakos · τό

animal of which the bite is dangerous, noxious beast

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Where it lives

Agamemnon 3 · 3.7/10k
Seven Against Thebes 1 · 1.99/10k
Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k

What it meant — LSJ

animal of which the bite is dangerous, noxious beast, ravenous

animal of which the bite is dangerous, noxious beast, A. Pr. 583 (lyr.), Th. 558; Ἀργεῖον δ., of the Trojan horse, Id. Ag. 824; δάκη θηρῶν ravenous beasts, E. Hipp. 646; θήρειον δ. Id. Cyc. 325; generally, β. δάκος, of a whale, Opp. H. 5.333.

II bite, sting

bite, sting, δ. κακαγοριᾶν Pi. P. 2.53, cf. Opp. H. 2.454, 5.30.

In the wild

δάκος · dakos Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1232
δάκει · dakei Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1164–1166
δάκος · dakos Aeschylus, Agamemnon 821–826
δάκος · dakos Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 530
δάκεσι · dakesi Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 583
δάκους · dakous Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 556–559

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Where it came from

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