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κόκκυξ

κόκκυξ, a cuckoo

κόκκυξ, ῡγος, ὁ,
  • cuckoo, Hes. Op. 486, Epich. 164, Ar. Av. 504, Arist. HA 563b14, 618a8; sacred to Hera, Paus. 2.17.4; ἐχειροτόνησάν με—κόκκυγές γε τρεῖς, i.e. three fellows who voted over and over again, Ar. Ach. 598, cf. κόκκυγες· ἐπὶ ὑπονοηθέντων πλειόνων εἶναι καὶ ὀλίγων ὄντων, Hsch.; μῆλον κόκκυγος, = κοκκύμηλον, Nic. Fr. 87.
      • 2 stammerer, nickname of Battus, Sch. Pi. P. 4.1.
    • II a sea-fish, piper, Trigla cuculus, said to make a sound like cuckoo, Hp. Int. 21, Arist. HA 535b18, 598a15, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.309f, Speus. ap. eund. 7.324f, Opp. H. 1.97.
    • III = ὄλυνθος, a fig that ripens early, Nic. Th. 854.
    • IV Medic., os coccygis, Ruf. Onom. 114, Gal. 2.762; but τρητὸς κ., = the whole os sacrum, Poll. 2.183.
    • V mark on a horseʼs shoulder, Hippiatr. 14, 26, 115.

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