1. ἱέρᾶξ · hierax — Beekes
ἱέρᾶξ, -ἄκος [m.] ‘hawk, falcon’ (Alcm. 28, E., Ar. Arist.); also a name of a fish (Epich. 68; Str6mberg 1943: 113f.).
2. ἱέραξ · hierax — Chantraine
ἱέραξ, -ἄκος : (Alem., att., etc.) ἴρηξ, -nxoc (Hom., ion., etc.) «faucon»; secondairement comme nom de poisson (Epich. 68) «poisson volant», lat. miluus, voir Thompson, Fishes s.v., et Stromberg, Fischnamen 113 sq. Hsch. a 18 glose : ἱάραξ * ἰχθὺς ποιός, Δωρυκώτερον ᾿ διὰ τὸ ἐοικέναι τῷ πτηνῷ... Quelques composés tardifs : ἱερακο-βοσκός, -πρόσωπος, -τρόφος, etc. Dérivés : diminutifs ἱερακίσκος (Ar.), ἱερακίδιον et … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἱέραξ, p. 470]
3. ἱέρᾶξ · hierax — Frisk
ἱέρᾶξ, -äxos (Alkm. 28, E., Ar., Arist. u.a.), ἴρηξ, -7xog (ep. ion. seit 11.) m. “Habicht, Falke’, übertr. als Fischname (Epich. 68 u.a.; nach Strömberg Fischnamen 113f. wahrscheinlich “Hochflieger’). Vereinzelt in Kompp., z.B. iepaxo-Booxös "Falkner’ (Pap. u.a.). — Mehrere Ableitungen: Deminutivum ἱεραπκίσκος {Ar.); ἱερακίδιον, -άδιον "Statuette eines Habichts’ (Delos 118: zur Bedeutung Chantraine Formation 70), … — [Frisk, s.v. ἱέρᾶξ, p. 744]
4. ἱέραξ · hierax — Frisk
ἱέραξ. Davon noch ἱερακ-έζω “sich wie ein Habicht benehmen’ (Thphr., Arist. Fr. 253), -ἰστέ "nach Habichtart” (PMag.). — [Frisk, s.v. ἱέραξ, p. 2236]
5. ἱέραξ · hierax — LSJ
hawk, falcon
hawk, falcon, ἴρηξ ὠκύπτερος Il. 13.62, cf. 819, Od. 13.86, Hes. Op. 212, Hdt. 2.65, Arist. HA 620a17; sacred to Apollo, Ar. Av. 516.
II fish
a kind of fish, Epich. 68 (in Dor. form ἱάραξ), Epaenet. ap. Ath. 7.329a.
III
name for a grade of initiates in Mithras-worship, Porph. Abst. 4.16.
IV bandage
name of a bandage, Sor. Fasc. 12.
In the wild
- ἱέρακος · hierakos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1.prologue (DIORISIS sentence 60)
- ἱέρακος · hierakos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.2 (DIORISIS sentence 3149)
- ἴρηκα · irēka Herodotus, Histories 2.65.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2005)
- ἴρηκας · irēkas Herodotus, Histories 2.67.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2020)
- ἰρήκων · irēkōn Herodotus, Histories 3.76.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3456)
- ἴρηξ · irēx Works and Days 203–204
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἱέραξ (scan pp. 626-627; entry #2691). Root candidates: *ueiH-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἱέραξ (scan pp. 470-471; entry #3325).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἱέραξ (scan p. 2236; entry #7227).
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