dorcas

dorcas, ădis (also dorx = δόρξ; acc. pl. dorcas, m., Grat. Cyn. 200, and dorcus, i, m., = δόρκος, Edict. Diocl. 4, no. 45), f.,

• = δορκάς, a gazelle, antelope: Antilope dorcas, Linn.; Lucr. 4, 1161; Mart. 10, 65, 13; 13, 98, 1.

dorcas, adis, Akk. ada, f. (δορκάς), die Gazelle (Antilope Dorcas, L.), Mart. 10, 65, 13 u. 13, 98, 1: übtr., v. einem Mädchen, nervosa et lignea dorcas, Lucr. 4, 1153 (1161). – Nbf. dorcus, ī, m. (δόρκος), Edict. Diocl. 4, 45 u. 8, 21 (nach Mommsen = Reh). – u. dorx, Akk. Plur. dorcas, m. (δόρξ), Gratt. cyn. 200.

dorcas [CL < δορκάς = gazelle] , roe deer, doe. ~ades, genus quadripedum GlC D 357; vallis Seboim, id est caprearum sive dammarum, ‥ rationabilem mentis intuitum figurate denuntiat. namque haec animalia oculorum acie perhibentur excellere, unde et a Graecis ab acute cernendo ~ades appellantur nec frustra ‥ sub Christi et ecclesiae laude repetuntur [cf. Cant. ii 9 etc. (capreae)] Bede Sam. (1 Sam. xiii 18) 582; Ælf. Gl. (v. caprea); hec ~as, A. a rabuke WW (cf. ib.: ~e, i. capre).

dorcăs, (16) ădis, f. (δορκάς), biche : Mart. 10, 65, 13 || [fig.] Lucr. 4, 1161.

dorcas , adis. f.
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dorcas, dorcădis, f.: gazzella.