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γλαύξ

glaux

little owl, Athene noctua

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What it meant

1. γλαῦξ · glaux — Beekes

γλαῦξ, -κός [f.] ‘little owl, Athene noctua’ (com.,, Arist.). «ΡΟ» eVAR LSJ gives γλαύξ. Besides, there is a word γλαύξ ‘wart cress’ (Dsc.), which is also given as γλάξ (Hdn. Gr. 1, 395, etc.). *ETYM Derived from γλαυκός by the ancients, which is rejected by Thompson 1895 s.v. as a folk etymology. Thus also Pétscher Phil. 141/1 (1997): 3-20 (see on > γλαυκῶπις). Some bird names with the k-suffix are provided by … — [Beekes, s.v. γλαῦξ, p. 322]

2. γλαῦξ · glaux — Chantraine

γλαῦξ, -κός : 1. «chouette », Aîhene noctua (ion.-att., Arist., etc.), oiseau d’Athéns et oiseau d'Athènes, d’où de nombreux emplois perticuliers, désignation de monnaies athéniennes, proverbes, etc., cf. Thompson, Birds 8.8. Composé γλαυκοφόρος, dit de monnaies (Délos). Ce qui est important, c'est l'histoire du composé γλαυχῶπις, oc f. épithète d'Athéna chez Hom. dont le sens rituel originel dôit être « à la face » … — [Chantraine, s.v. γλαῦξ, p. 240]

3. γλαῦξ · glaux — Frisk

γλαῦξ, -κός f. "Nachteule’ (Kom., Arist. usw.). — Nach den Alten von γλαυκός wegen des funkelnden Blickes, was von Thompson Birds 5. v. (wo ausführlich zum Sachlichen) als Volksetymologie abgelehnt wird. Nach Prellwitz aus γλαυκῶzus hypokoristisch gekürzt; vgl. dazu 5. γλαυκός. Einige Vogelnamen mit %k-Suffix notiert Specht Ursprung 204. — [Frisk, s.v. γλαῦξ, p. 343]

4. γλαῦξ · glaux — Frisk

γλαῦξ. Davon γλαυκώδης "eulenartig’ (Arist.). — [Frisk, s.v. γλαῦξ, p. 2189]

5. γλαύξ · glaux — LSJ

the little owl, Athene noctua, glaring eyes

the little owl, Athene noctua, so called from its glaring eyes, Epich. 166, Arist. HA 488a26, al.; freq. as emblem of Athena, Ar. Av. 516, Eq. 1093, etc.: prov., γλαῦκʼ Ἀθήναζε, γλαῦκʼ εἰς Ἀθήνας, ‘carry coals to Newcastle’, Ar. Av. 301, Antiph. 175.2; γλαῦξ ἐν πόλει ‘Jackʼs as good as his master’, Hsch., etc.; γλαῦκες Λαυρειωτικαί, of Athenian coins, from the type, Ar. Av. 1106; so of figures of owls, IG 2.678B76.

2 bird

γ. θαλαττία, an unknown bird, Thphr. Sign. 52.

II dance

a kind of dance, Ath. 14.629f.

III wart cress, Coronopus procumbens

wart cress, Coronopus procumbens, Dsc. 4.138, Gal. 11.857:—also γλάξ, Hdn. Gr. 1.395, al.

In the wild

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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. γλαύξ (scan p. 322; entry #1445).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. γλαύξ (scan p. 240; entry #1643).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. γλαύξ (scan p. 343; entry #1304).

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