λυκοσπάς

λῠκο-σπάς, άδος, ὁ, ἡ,

• torn by wolves, epith. of bees, Nic. Th. 742 (because generated from corpses of oxen torn by wolves, Sch. ad loc.).
• • II of horses, Ἀτράκιον δἤπειτα λυκοσπάδα πῶλον ἐλαύνει Call. Fr. 474, where it may mean drawn by the bit (λύκος V.1), cf. Plu. QConv. 2.641f, or ἀποσπασθεισαν ἀπὸ λύκου as expld. by Choerob. in Theod. 1.287, cf. Plu. l.c. (where horses bitten by wolves are said to become speedier); but οἱ λ. were a breed of horses in lower Italy, = ἵπποι αἱ Ἐνετίδες, Phot., cf. Hsch., Ael. NA 16.24.

λῠκοσπάς -ά̆δος [λύκος, σπάω] torn by wolves, of bees born from the carcasses of bulls torn to pieces by wolves Nic. Th. 742 (dub. read.) ‖ of horses Callim. fr. 488 | subst. οἱ λυκοσπάδες a race of Italian horses Ael. N.A. 16.24 Hsch.

λυκοσπάς, άδος, vom Wolfe zerrissen ; Ael. N.A. 1.38 ; Nic. Th. 742 ; vom Wolfe angefallen, ἵπποι, über die Plut. Symp. 2.8 spricht, eine Pferderace in Unteritalien, vgl. Ael. H.A. 16.24.