- δορκάς
- δορκάς, άδος [pron. full] [ᾰ], ἡ, ([etym.] δέρκομαι, δέδορκα)A an animal of the deer kind (so called from its large bright eyes), in Greece, roe, Cervus capreolus, E.Ba.699, X.Cyr.1.4.7; in Syria and Africa, gazelle, Antilope dorcas, Hdt.4.192 (in form ζορκάς), 7.69.—Other forms:—[full] δόρξ, δορκός, ἡ, E.HF376 (prob.), Call.Lav.Pall.91, Luc.Am.16: [full] δόρκος, ὁ, Dsc.2.75, Opp.C.2.315, 3.3: [full] δόρκων, ωνος, ὁ, Palamed. ap. Ath.11.397a, LXXCa.2.17, Ar.Byz.Epit.3.15: [full] ζορκάς (v. supr.): [full] ζόρξ, Call. Dian.97, Fr.239, Nic.Th.42: [full] ἴορκος, Opp.C.2.296, 3.3. (δόρκος and ἴορκος are distd. fr. δορκάς.)
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.