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ὕαινα

ὕαινα, the hyaena

ὕαιν-ᾰ [ῠ], ἡ, prop. a fem. of ὗς:
    • I the striped hyena, a carnivorous animal with a bristly mane like a hog (whence the name), Hyaena striata, Hdt. 4.192, Arist. HA 579b15, Ael. NA 7.22, Opp. C. 3.263; also called γλάνος, Arist. HA 594a31; cf. κροκόττας.
      • 2 a kind of antelope, Ael. NA 15.15 (s.v.l.).
    • II a sea-fish, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.326f, Ael. NA 13.27; also ὑαινίς, ίδος, ἡ, Epich. 65; v. ὗς II.
    • III in Porph. Abst. 4.16 ὑαίνας is most prob. an error for λεαίνας, as the corresponding masc. is λέοντες.

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