ἀλώπηξ
ἀλώπηξ [ᾰ],
εκος (also
A). ἀλώπηκος Anan. 5 ),
ἡ; dat. pl.,
ἀλώπεξι LXX 3 Ki. 21.10 , Ep.
ἀλωπήκεσσι Opp. C. 1.433 :—
fox, Canis vulpes (smaller Egyptian species
Arist. HA 606a24 ,
C. niloticus),
Archil. 86.2 ,
89.5 ,
Semon. 7.7 ,
Hdt. 2.67 , etc.: of sly persons,
ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν Sol. 11.5 ;
μῆτιν ἀ. a
very fox for craft,
Pi. I. 4(3).65 : prov.,
τὴν .. Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν we must trail Archilochus'
foxskin behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances,
Pl. R. 365c ;
πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες Eun. Hist. p.249D. ;
ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει 'sleight masters might',
Diogenian. 2.73 ;
πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται 'qui dort dine',
Id. 7.91 ;
ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ 'ex pede Herculem',
Id. 5.15 ;
ἀλλ’ οὐκ αὖθις ἀ. (sc.
πάγαις ἁλώσεται) 'a burnt child dreads the fire',
Id. 2.15 .
VI). kind of
dance, dub. in
S. Fr. 419 (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch. s.v.
ὄρχησις.
ShortDef
a fox
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Headword (normalized):
ἀλώπηξ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
αλωπηξ
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-4833
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀλώπηξ</span> <span class="pron greek">[ᾰ]</span>, <span class="itype greek">εκος</span> (also <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">ἀλώπηκος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0238.tlg001:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0238.tlg001:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Anan.</span> 5 </a> ), <span class="foreign greek">ἡ;</span> dat. pl., <span class="quote greek">ἀλώπεξι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg013:21:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg013:21.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">3 Ki.</span> 21.10 </a> , Ep. <span class="quote greek">ἀλωπήκεσσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:433" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0024.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.433/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Opp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">C.</span> 1.433 </a> :—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fox, Canis vulpes</span> (smaller Egyptian species <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:606a:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:606a.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 606a24 </a>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">C. niloticus</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:86:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:86.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> 86.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:89:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0232.tlg001:89.5/canonical-url/"> 89.5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0260.tlg001:7:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0260.tlg001:7.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Semon.</span> 7.7 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.67 </a>, etc.: of sly persons, <span class="quote greek">ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:11:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:11.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sol.</span> 11.5 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μῆτιν ἀ.</span> a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">very fox</span> for craft, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4(3).65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:4(3).65/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 4(3).65 </a>: prov., <span class="foreign greek">τὴν .. Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν</span> we must trail Archilochus\' <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">foxskin</span> behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:365c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:365c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 365c </a>; <span class="quote greek">πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2050.tlg002:p.249D" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2050.tlg002:p.249D/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eun.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hist.</span> p.249D. </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει</span> \'sleight masters might\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001:2:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001:2.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diogenian.</span> 2.73 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται</span> \'qui dort dine\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001:7:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001:7.91/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.91 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ</span> \'ex pede Herculem\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001:5:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001:5.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 5.15 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀλλ’ οὐκ αὖθις ἀ.</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">πάγαις ἁλώσεται</span>) \'a burnt child dreads the fire\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001:2:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0097.tlg001:2.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.15 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> a large <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bat, Sciurus</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Pteromys volans,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:490a:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:490a.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 490a7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀλωπεκίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:566a:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:566a.31/canonical-url/"> 566a31 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1270.tlg001:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1270.tlg001:92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Clearch.</span> 92 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:189" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:189/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ruf.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Onom.</span> 189 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἀλωπεκία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0564.tlg003:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mange,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:7:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:7.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 7.72 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:79" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:79/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Dian.</span> 79 </a>: in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bald patches,</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg025:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg025:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aff.</span> 35 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>VI).</strong></span> kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dance,</span> dub. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:419" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:419/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 419 </a> (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch. s.v. <span class="ref greek">ὄρχησις.</span> </div> </div><br><br>'}