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πρόξ

πρόξ, the roe-deer

πρόξ, gen. προκός, ἡ,
  • roe deer, Cervus capreolus, αἶγας ἐπʼ ἀγροτέρας ἠδὲ πρόκας ἠδὲ λαγωούς Od. 17.295; coupled with ἔλαφος by Arist. HA 506a22, 515b34, PA 676b27, Dionys.Ath. and Philet. ap. Sch. A.R. 2.279; but expld. as τὸ τέκνον τῆς δορκάδος by Sch. Nic. Th. 578, cf. Sch. Od. l.c.:—also προκάς (q. v.).
      • 2 metaph., coward, Archil. 188.

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