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κήξ

κήξ, the tern

κήξ, κηκός, ἡ,
  • a sea-bird, perh. the tern or sea-swallow, ἄντλῳ δʼ ἐνδούπησε πεσοῦσʼ ὡς εἰναλίη κήξ Od. 15.479:—also in the forms καύαξ, = λάρος, Hsch., and καύηξ Hippon. 2 (nisi leg. καύης, q.v.), Antim. Eleg. 6, Euph. 130, Call. Fr. 167, Lyc. 741, AP 7.652 (Leon.); κῆϋξ, Babr. 115.2, Dionys. Av. 2.7.

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