- ὕαινα
- ὕαιν-ᾰ [pron. full] [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.HA579b15, Ael.NA7.22, Opp.C.3.263; also called γλάνος, Arist.HA594a31; cf. κροκόττας.2 a kind of antelope, Ael.NA15.15 (s.v.l.).III in Porph.Abst.4.16 ὑαίνας is most prob. an error for λεαίνας, as the corresponding masc. is λέοντες.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.