The corpus record

θώς

thos · ὁ

jackal, Canis aureus

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Where it lives

Iliad 4 · 0.36/10k
Histories 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

jackal, Canis aureus

jackal, Canis aureus, Τρῶες ἕπονθʼ ὡς εἴ τε δαφοινοὶ θῶες . . ἀμφʼ ἔλαφον Il. 11.474, cf. Arist. HA 610a14, 630a9; θώων παρδαλίων τε λύκων τʼ ἤϊα Il. 13.103; θ. καὶ πάνθηρες Hdt. 4.192; ἔχει ὁ θ. πάντα τὰ ἐντὸς ὅμοια λύκῳ Arist. HA 507b17; a large kind in India, Arr. Ind. 15.3: pl., θώαντες IG 14.1302 (mosaic at Praeneste).

2 hunting dog, Lycaon pictus

hunting dog, Lycaon pictus, Opp. C. 3.338, al.

3 panther

panther, Cyr.

In the wild

θῶες · thōes Herodotus, Histories 4.192.1 (DIORISIS sentence 5288)
θῶες · thōes Iliad 11.474
θῶες · thōes Iliad 11.479
θῶες · thōes Iliad 11.481
θώων · thōōn Iliad 13.103

Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. θώς (scan p. 464; entry #3280).

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