A). wolf, Il. 16.156 , 352 ; πολιός grisly, 10.334 ; κρατερώνυχες Od. 10.218 ; ὀρέστεροι ib. 212 ; ὠμοφάγοι Il. 16.156 ; κοιλογάστορες A. Th. 1041 ; the small Egyptian wolves mentioned by Hdt. 2.67 were perh. jackals: various kinds distd. by Opp. C. 3.293 sqq.: prov. λύκον ἰδεῖν to see a wolf, i. e. to be struck dumb, as was vulgarly believed of any one at whom a wolf got the first look ( Pl. R. 336d ), Theoc. 14.22 ; λύκου πτερά, of things that are not, 'pigeon's milk', Suid.; ὡς λ. χανών, of vain expectation, Eub. 15.11 , cf. Ar. Fr. 337 , Euphro 1.31 ; λ. κεχηνώς Ar. Lys. 629 ; πρίν κεν λ. οἶν ὑμεναιοῖ, of an impossibility, Id. Pax 1076 , 1112 , cf. Il. 22.263 ; ὡς λύκοι ἄρν’ ἀγαπῶσιν, of treacherous or unnatural love, Poet. ap. Pl. Phdr. 241d ; λύκου βίον ζῆν, i. e. live by rapine, Prov. ap. Plb. 16.24.4 ; ἐκ λύκου στόματος, of getting a thing praeter spem, Zen. 3.48 ; τῶν ὤτων ἔχειν τὸν λύκον 'catch a Tartar', Apollod.Car. 18 , cf. Plb. 30.20.8 ; λ. ἀετὸν φεύγει, of the inescapable, Diogenian. 6.19 ; λ. περὶ φρέαρ χορεύει, of those engaged in vain pursuits, ib. 21 .

II). a kind of daw, Arist. HA 617b17 ; cf. λύκιος.

III). a fish, = καλλιώνυμος , Hices. ap. Ath. 7.282d , Gp. 18.14.1 .

IV). a kind of spider, Arist. HA 623a2 , Nic. Th. 734 , Plin. HN 30.52 .

V). anything shaped like a hook:

1). a jagged bit for hard-mouthed horses, Lat. lupus, Plu. 2.641f ; cf. λυκοσπάς.

2). hook or knocker on a door, Hsch.

3). flesh-hook, Poll. 10.98 .

VI). nickname of παιδερασταί, AP 12.250 ( Strat.), cf. Pl. Phdr. 241d .

VII). the flower of the iris, Philin. ap. Ath. 15.682a .

VIII). a kind of noose, Gal. UP 7.14 , Heraclas ap. Orib. 48.7 , Hippiatr. 74 .

IX). a pastille used in dysentery, Aët. 9.49 (Latin version).

X). = ὀροβάγχη , v.l. in marg. of Dsc. 2.142 .

XI). an engine of war for defending gates, Procop. Goth. 1.21 . (Cf. Skt. vŕ[null ]kas, Lith. vi[ltilde]kas, Slav. vl[ucaron]k[ucaron], Goth. wulfs.)