The corpus record

λᾰγών

lagon · ἡ

the hollow on each side below the ribs, flank

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Where it lives

On Hunting 4 · 4.39/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Siracides 1 · 0.54/10k
Histories 6 · 0.33/10k

What it meant — LSJ

the hollow on each side below the ribs, flank, flanks, iliac

the hollow on each side below the ribs, flank, Hp. l.c., Ar. V. 1193, Chaerem. 14.3, Arist. HA 493a18, al.: freq. in pl. λαγόνες, flanks, Batr. 222, E. IT 298, Ar. Ra. 662, etc.; λαγόνων ὀστᾶ iliac bones, Gal. 2.507, cf. 772; prop. of men, but also of animals, E. El. 826, X. Cyn. 4.1, 5.10, Theoc. 25.246; θύννου λαγόνες Antiph. 132.5 (anap.).

2 womb

pl., in later Greek, womb, Naumach. ap. Stob. 4.22.32, λύσις αἰνίγματος ap.Arg. E. Ph.

II hollow, hollow, flank, bank, sides

metaph., any hollow, κοίλη λ. hollow of a cup, Eub. 43; λαγόνεσσι φαρέτρης AP 6.326 (Leon.Alex.); πρός τινι λ. τοῦ κρημνοῦ Plu. Arat. 22; esp. of a mountain, flank, D.H. 3.24, 9.23, Cleom. 1.8, Call. Fr. 185 (pl.); bank of a river, λαιᾷ ποταμοῦ . . λαγόνι AP 6.287 (Antip.); sides of a grave, IG 14.2001; χθόνιαι ib. 7.117 (Megara).

In the wild

λαγόνας · lagonas Euripides, Electra *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 526)
λαγόνας · lagonas Euripides, Hecuba *talqu/bios (DIORISIS sentence 295)
λαγόνας · lagonas Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris *bouko/los (DIORISIS sentence 123)
λαγὸν · lagon Herodotus, Histories 1.123.4 (DIORISIS sentence 904)
λαγὸν · lagon Herodotus, Histories 1.123.4 (DIORISIS sentence 905)
λαγὸν · lagon Herodotus, Histories 1.124.1 (DIORISIS sentence 906)

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Where it came from

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