The corpus record

γαμψῶνυξ

gampsonux · ὁ

with crooked talons

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Where it lives

Shield of Heracles 1 · 3.09/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Odyssey 2 · 0.23/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

with crooked talons

with crooked talons, of birds of prey, αἰγυπιοὶ γαμψώνυχες Il. 16.428, Od. 22.302; οἰωνοί A. Pr. 488; τὰν γ. παρθένον, of the Sphinx, S. OT 1199 (lyr.); γ. ἅρπη Nonn. D. 12.336, etc.:—also γαμψ-ώνυχος, ον, Arist. HA 563b20, GA 750a11, Plu. QConv. 2.727c; τὸ γ. Plot. 6.7.9, Iamb. Protr. 21.ιθ: pl., γαμψώνυχοι ἀστακοί Epich. 30; τὰ γ., of beasts of prey, Arist. HA 517b1, cf. 503a30.

In the wild

γαμψωνύχων · gampsōnychōn Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 488–492
γαμψώνυχα · gampsōnycha Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7154)
γαμψώνυχες · gampsōnyches Shield of Heracles 405–409
γαμψώνυχες · gampsōnyches Iliad 16.428
γαμψώνυχες · gampsōnyches Odyssey 16.217
γαμψώνυχες · gampsōnyches Odyssey 22.302

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Where it came from

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