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φέναξ
φέναξ
,
ᾱκος
,
ὁ
,
A).
cheat, quack, impostor,
Ar.
Ra.
909
,
Heraclit.
Ep.
6.3
,
Porph.
Chr.
29
, etc.; in
Ar.
Ach.
89
, perhaps with a play on
φοῖνιξ
(the bird); in
Eq.
634
Φένακες
are addressed as the tutelary gods of cheats.
ShortDef
a cheat, quack, impostor
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Headword:
φέναξ
Headword (normalized):
φέναξ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
φεναξ
IDX:
110518
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-110519
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">φέναξ</span>, <span class="itype greek">ᾱκος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cheat, quack, impostor,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:909" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc1:909/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ra.</span> 909 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1411.tlg001:6:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1411.tlg001:6.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heraclit.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 6.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg023:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg023:29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chr.</span> 29 </a>, etc.; in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 89 </a>, perhaps with a play on <span class="foreign greek">φοῖνιξ</span> (the bird); in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:634" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:634/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 634 </a> <span class="foreign greek">Φένακες</span> are addressed as the tutelary gods of cheats.</div> </div><br><br>'}