πτώξ

πτώξ, ὁ, gen. πτωκός, (πτώσσω)

• cowering animal, i.e. hare, Il. 17.676, Thphr. HP 4.3.5, Theoc. 1.110; also πτῶκα λαγωόν Il. 22.310, cf. Babr. 102.10: metaph. of a person, A. Eu. 326.
• • II as Adj., cowering, πτῶκα δʼ ἐν κλόνῳ δορός Lyc. 944.

πτώξ, πτωκός, ὁ, ἡ, scheu, schüchtern (vgl. πτώσσω), Beiwort des Hasen, λαγωός, Il. 22.310, der auch allein πτώξ heißt, 17.676 ; u. so sp.D., wie Bian. 2 (IX.217), Philp. 16 (VI.92), flüchtig, Flüchtling, Aesch. Eum. 315.

πτώξ

πτωκός, ὁ

[πτωκ-, πτώσσω. The cowering or timid animal.]

A hare Il. 17.676.

Joined with λαγωός : πτῶκα λαγωόν Il. 22.310.

πτώξ , πτωκός (πτώσσω): timid, epith. of the hare, Il. 22.310; as subst., hare, Il. 17.676.

πτώξ πτώσσω like πτάξ

• the cowering animal, i. e. the hare, Il., Theocr.; also, πτῶκα λαγῷον (the two Substs. being joined, as in ἴρηξ κίρκος, σῦς κάπρος) , Il.