γλαύξ

γλαύξ, Att. γλαῦξ, γλαυκός, ἡ, Euphronius ap. Sch. Ar. V. 1081, cf. Hdn.Gr. 2.947:—

• the little owl, Athene noctua, so called from its glaring eyes, Epich. 166, Arist. HA 488a26, al.; freq. as emblem of Athena, Ar. Av. 516, Eq. 1093, etc.: prov., γλαῦκʼ Ἀθήναζε, γλαῦκʼ εἰς Ἀθήνας, ‘carry coals to Newcastle’, Ar. Av. 301, Antiph. 175.2; γλαῦξ ἐν πόλει ‘Jackʼs as good as his master’, Hsch., etc.; γλαῦκες Λαυρειωτικαί, of Athenian coins, from the type, Ar. Av. 1106; so of figures of owls, IG 2.678B76.
• • • 2 γ. θαλαττία, an unknown bird, Thphr. Sign. 52.
  • II a kind of dance, Ath. 14.629f.
  • III wart cress, Coronopus procumbens, Dsc. 4.138, Gal. 11.857:—also γλάξ, Hdn. Gr. 1.395, al.

γλαύξ, att. nach Arcad. u. Anderen γλαῦξ, κός, ἡ, die Nachteule, von der Farbe ihrer Augen, ἀπὸ τοῦ γλαύσσω Schol. Il. 17.172 ; eine Münze in Athen, mit einer Eule bezeichnet, Hesych.; vgl. Ar. Av. 1106 ; sprichwörtl. γλαῦκʼ Ἀθήναζε, γλαῦκʼ εἰς Ἀθήνας 301 ; Luc. Nigr. 1 ; Schol. Ar. ἐπὶ τῶν μάτην ἐπισωρευόντων τινὰ τοῖς προϋπάρχουσιν, etwas Ueberflüssiges tun ; ἅπερ τὴν γλαῦκα θηρᾶν Paroem. App. 1.36, ἐπὶ τῶν εὐτελὲς τι ζητούντων ; Men. bei Stob. 98.8 ἂν γλαὺξ ἀνακράγῃ δεδοίκαμεν.
Bei Diosc. eine Pflanze ; bei Ath. XIV.629f u. Hesych. ein Tanz.

γλαύξ

• the owl, so called from its glaring eyes (v. γλαυκός, and cf. σκώψ) ; γλαῦκʼ Ἀθήναζε, γλαῦκʼ εἰς Ἀθήνας carry coals to Newcastle, " Ar.: Athen. silver coins were called γλαῦκες, because they were stamped with an owl, Ar.