λαγώς

λᾰγώς or [full] λαγῶς, ὁ, gen. λαγώ or λαγῶ (λαγῶς, λαγῶ, acc. to Hdn.Gr. 1.245, 2.629); acc.

A

λαγών Ar.V.1203

, Frr.212, 252, but λαγώ or

λαγῶ X.Cyn.3.3

(this form is condemned by Luc.Sol.3, but cf. Ath.9.400a): pl., nom.

λαγῴ Eup. 143

; acc.

λαγώς Arist.HA619b9

:—[dialect] Ion. [full] λαγός, οῦ, Hdt.1.123, al., and so καθ' ἡμᾶς, Ath.9.400a; also in [dialect] Dor., Epich. 60, and Trag. and Com., S.Fr.111, Amips.18, Alex.123, Philem.89.5:—[dialect] Ep. [full] λᾰγωός, οῦ, also in X.Cyn.10.2 codd., Arist.HA606a24, EN 1118a18, Luc.Symp.38, etc., and cf. infr. 111, v:—hare,

ἢ κεμάδ' ἠὲ λαγωόν Il.10.361

;

πτῶκα λαγωόν 22.310

;

πρόκας ἠδὲ λαγωούς Od. 17.295

; τοὶ δ' ὠκύποδας λαγὸς ([dialect] Dor. for λαγούς)

ᾕρευν Hes.Sc.302

; λαγὼ δίκην like a hare, A.Eu.26: prov., ἐστὶν λαγώς, of a coward, Posidipp.26.9; λαγὼ βίον ζῆν lead a hare's life, D.18.263; δειλότερος λαγὼ Φρυγός Prov. ap. Str.1.2.30; ὁ λ. οὗτος this coward, Philostr.VA 4.37; λαγὼς καθεύδων, of persons feigning sleep, Zen.4.84, cf. X. Cyn.5.11; λ. τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν τρέχων, of persons seeking to escape imminent death, Zen.4.85.

II a bird with rough feathered fcet, mentioned with the swallow, Artem.4.56, cf. Ant.Lib.21.5; cf. λαγωδίας, λαγώπους.

III a kind of sea-slug, Lepus marinus, Epich. l.c., Amips. l.c.; ὁ θαλάττιος λαγωός sea-hare, Aplysia leporina, Plu. 2.983f, Gal.11.688, al., cf. Nic.Al.465, Dsc.2.18.

IV a constellation, Arat.338, Eudox. ap. Hipparch.1.2.20.

V a kind of bandage,

τῷ λαγωῷ ἐπιδέσμῳ Heliod.

ap. Orib.46.18.2, cf. 48.27 tit., Sor. Fasc.7. (Prob.slack-ear, cf. λαγαρός, οὖς.)