1. σκύλαξ · skylax — Beekes
The corpus record
σκύλαξ
skulax
doggy, puppy
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Where it lives
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- Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
- Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
- Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k
- Parmenides 1 · 0.66/10k
- Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
- Republic 3 · 0.34/10k
- Histories 5 · 0.27/10k
- Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
- Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant
2. σκύλαξ · skylax — Chantraine
3. Σκύλαξ · Skylax — Chantraine
4. Σκύλαξ · Skylax — Chantraine
5. σκύλαξ · skylax — Frisk
6. σκύλαξ · skylax — LSJ
young dog, puppy, Od. 9.289, 12.86, Hes. Th. 834; κύων ἀμαλῇσι περὶ σκυλάκεσσι βεβῶσα Od. 20.14; in full, σ. κυνός Hdt. 3.32: generally, dog, masc. in Pl. R. 375a, 537a; fem. in Sophr. in Stud.Ital. 10.123, E. Ba. 338, Pl. Prm. 128c, X. Cyn. 7.6; ᾅδου τρίκρανος σ., of Cerberus, S. Tr. 1098.
of other young animals, whelp, cub, ὀρεσκόων σκυλάκων πελαγίων τε E. Hipp. 1276 (lyr.); ἄρκτου Luc. DMar. 1.5; γαλέης Nic. Th. 689; of a dolphin, Arion 1.8: metaph., of grammarians, Ζηνοδότου σκύλακες whelps of his litter, AP 11.321 (Phil.).
chain, Pl.Com. 23; collar for the neck, Plb. 20.10.8.
σχῆμα ἀφροδισιακόν, Hsch.
In the wild
- σκύλακος · skylakos Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7296)
- σκύλακες · skylakes Euripides, Bacchae 337–340
- σκύλακος · skylakos Herodotus, Histories 3.32.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3094)
- σκύλακα · skylaka Herodotus, Histories 3.32.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3094)
- σκύλακας · skylakas Herodotus, Histories 3.32.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3094)
- σκύλακι · skylaki Herodotus, Histories 3.32.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3094)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σκύλαξ (scan pp. 1412-1413; entry #5631). Root candidates: *skul-, *skol-.
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σκύλαξ (scan p. 1043; entry #7395).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σκύλαξ (scan pp. 1713-1714; entry #5236). Root candidates: *skul-, *sköl-.
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