λάβραξ

λάβραξ, ᾱκος, ὁ, (λάβρος) a ravenous sea-fish,

• Labrax lupus, the bass, Alc. 107, Eup. 150 (pl.), Diph. 66.10, Arist. HA 567a19, 591a11, Ptol.Euerg. 1 J.; ὁ πάντων ἰχθύων σοφώτατος Ar. Fr. 595; λάβρακες Μιλήσιοι, prov. of greedy persons, Apostol. 10.38, cf. Ar. Eq. 361.

λάβραξ -ακος, ὁ [λάβρος] ichthyol. (sea) bass Eup. 160 Aristoph. Eq. 361, al. Aristot. H.A. 534a 9 Opp. 119 | prov.: ἑάλως καθάπερ ὁ λάβραξ you were caught like a bass Luc. Merc. 24.

λάβραξ, ᾱκος, ὁ, der Meerwolf, ein gefräßiger (λάβρος) u. räuberischer Fisch, Arist. H.A. 1.5, 8.2 ; Opp. Hal. 2.130 ; vgl. Ath. VII.310e ff. u. Ael. H.A. 1.10 ; sprichwörtlich λάβρακες Μιλήσιοι (Paroemiogr. App. 3.57, ἐπὶ τῶν λαιμαργῶν), Ar. Eq. 361, Luc. u. A.

λάβραξ, ᾱκος, ὁ, λάβρος

• a ravenous sea-fish, perh. the bass, Ar.