φέναξ
φέναξ, a cheat, quack, impostor
φέναξ, ᾱκος, ὁ,
- cheat, quack, impostor, Ar. Ra. 909, Heraclit. Ep. 6.3, Porph. Chr. 29, etc.; in Ar. Ach. 89, perhaps with a play on φοῖνιξ (the bird); in Eq. 634 Φένακες are addressed as the tutelary gods of cheats.
φέναξ, ακος (ὁ) [ᾱκ] fourbe, trompeur, Ar. Ran. 909 ; avec jeu de mots p. allus. à φοῖνιξ, Ar. Ach. 89.
Étym. probabl. pré-grec.
φέναξ, ᾱκος, ὁ, Betrüger, Täuscher, Lügner ; Ar. Ran. 907, Ach. 89 nennt einen persischen Vogel so, statt φοίνιξ, etwa Spaßvogel.
φέναξ, ᾱκος,
- a cheat, quack, impostor, Ar.