The corpus record

δαφοινός

daphoinos

tawny, blood-reeking), tawny

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Where it lives

Libation Bearers 1 · 1.86/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant — LSJ

tawny, blood-reeking), tawny

tawny (as expld. by most Gramm., though some also give blood-reeking), δαφοινὸν δέρμα λέοντος Il. 10.23; δράκων ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινός 2.308; θῶες δ. 11.474; λαῖφος δʼ ἐπὶ νῶτα δαφοινὸν λυγκὸς ἔχει h.Pan. 23; πῆμα δ., of the dragon Python, h.Ap. 304; δ. ἀετός A. Pr. 1022; λεόντων ἁ δ. ἴλα E. Alc. 581 (lyr.); δ. ἄγρα tawny, Pi. N. 3.81.

metaph., δ. Κῆρες Hes. Sc. 250; δαλός A. Ch. 607 (lyr.).

In the wild

δαφοινὸν · daphoinon Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 602–611
δαφοινὸς · daphoinos Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 1021–1025
δαφοινὸν · daphoinon Iliad 10.23
δαφοινοὶ · daphoinoi Iliad 11.474
δαφοινὸς · daphoinos Iliad 2.308

Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. δαφοινός (scan p. 354; entry #1582).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. δαφοινός (scan p. 269; entry #1847).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. δαφοινός (scan p. 385; entry #1445).

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