μηκάς

μηκ-άς, άδος, ἡ,

• bleating one, in Hom. always of goats, in pl., μ. αἶγες Il. 11.383, Od. 9.124, 244, al., cf. Antiph. 1, 52.8; also μ. ἄρνες E. Cyc. 189.
• • II as Subst., = αἴξ, S. Fr. 509, AP 9.123 (<Leon.>); λευκὴ μ. Luc. DMeretr. 7.1: pl., Theoc. 1.87, 5.100.

μηκάς, άδος, ἡ (von μηκάομαι), die meckernde, bei Hom. stets μηκάδες αἶγες, Il. 11.383, 23.31, Od. 9.124, 244 ; Pind. Ol. 1.182 ; Antiphan. com. Ath. X.449c ; ἀρνῶν μηκάδων τροφαί, Eur. Cycl. 188 ; Soph. auch von Ochsen, brüllend, frg. 122. – Substantivisch ἡ μηκάς, Luc. D.Mer. 7, wie αἱ μηκάδες, Theocr. 1.87, 5.100.

μηκάς

-άδος

[μηκάομαι.]

Bleating.

Epithet of goats Il. 11.383, Il. 23.31 : Od. 9.124, 244 = 341.

μηκάς , άδος (μηκάομαι): bleating (of goats).

μηκάς, άδος,

• the bleating one, of she-goats, Hom.: —later, μ. ἄρνες, βληχάδες, Eur. from μηκάομαι