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λαγῶς

lagos · ὁ

hare, a hare, hareʼs

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What it meant — LSJ

hare, a hare, hareʼs, coward

hare, ἢ κεμάδʼ ἠὲ λαγωόν Il. 10.361; πτῶκα λαγωόν 22.310; πρόκας ἠδὲ λαγωούς Od. 17.295; τοὶ δʼ ὠκύποδας λαγὸς (Dor. for λαγούς) ᾕρευν Hes. Sc. 302; λαγὼ δίκην like a hare, A. Eu. 26: prov., ἐστὶν λαγώς, of a coward, Posidipp. 26.9; λαγὼ βίον ζῆν lead a hareʼs life, D. 18.263; δειλότερος λαγὼ Φρυγός Prov. ap. Str. 1.2.30; ὁ λ. οὗτος this coward, Philostr. VA 4.37; λαγὼς καθεύδων, of persons feigning sleep, Zen. 4.84, cf. X. Cyn. 5.11; λ. τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν τρέχων, of persons seeking to escape im

II with rough feathered feet

a bird with rough feathered feet, mentioned with the swallow, Artem. 4.56, cf. Ant.Lib. 21.5; cf. λαγωδίας, λαγώπους.

III sea-slug, Lepus marinus, sea-hare, Aplysia leporina

a kind of sea-slug, Lepus marinus, Epich. l.c., Amips. l.c.; ὁ θαλάττιος λαγωός sea-hare, Aplysia leporina, Plu. Sollert. 2.983f, Gal. 11.688, al., cf. Nic. Al. 465, Dsc. 2.18.

IV

a constellation, Arat. 338, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20.

V slack-ear

a kind of bandage, τῷ λαγωῷ ἐπιδέσμῳ Heliod. ap. Orib. 46.18.2, cf. 48.27 tit., Sor. Fasc. 7. (Prob. slack-ear, cf. λαγαρός, οὖς.)

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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. λαγῶς (scan pp. 868-869; entry #3630).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. λαγῶς (scan p. 629; entry #4610).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. λαγῶς (scan p. 1042; entry #3440).

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