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The corpus record

ὕκης

ukes · ὁ

a sea-fish

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What it meant — LSJ

a sea-fish

a sea-fish, Antim. ap. Ath. 7.304e (om. Kinkel), Philet. 20, Call. Frr. 72,156; also as fem. (perh. fr. nom. ὕκη), ὕκας ἀγεληΐδας Numen. ap. Ath. 7.320d, 327b; also ὕκος, or ὗκος, ὁ, Hsch.: said by Zenod. ap. Ath. 7.327c to be Cyren. for ἐρυθρῖνος, by Hermipp.Hist. ibid. (= Fr. 74 [93]) to be = ἰουλίς.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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