ἴρηξ
ἴρηξ, ηκος, ὁ, Ion. and Ep. for ἱέραξ.
ἴρηξ, v. ἱέραξ.
ἴρηξ, ηκος, ὁ, ion. u. ep. = ἱέραξ, Hes. O. 203 u. sonst.
ἴρηξ
-ηκος, ὁ.
A bird of the falcon kind, a falcon or hawk: ὥς τʼ ἰ. ὦρτο πέτεσθαι Il. 13.62. Cf. Il. 13.819, Il. 15.237, Il. 16.582, Il. 18.616, Il. 21.494: Od. 5.66.– ἴρηξ κίρκος Od. 13.86 (κίρκος being app. the more specific word).
ἴρηξ , ηκος: hawk or falcon; typical of swiftness, Il. 15.237.