ἀλώπηξ
alopex
fox, Canis vulpes
Appears 26 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀλώπηξ [ᾰ], εκος (also ἀλώπηκος 5), ἡ; dat. pl., ἀλώπεξι 3 Ki. 21.10, Ep. ἀλωπήκεσσι C. 1.433:—A. fox, Canis vulpes (smaller Egyptian species HA 606a24, C. niloticus), 86.2, 89.5, 7.7, 2.67, etc.: of sly persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν 11.5; μῆτιν ἀ. a very fox for craft, I. 4(3).65: prov., τὴν . . Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν we must trail Archilochus’ foxskin behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, R. 365c; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες Hist.p.249D.; ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει ‘sleight masters might’, 2.73; πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται ‘qui dort dine’, 7.91; ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ ‘ex pede Herculem’, 5.15; ἀλλʼ οὐκ αὖθις ἀ. (sc. πάγαις ἁλώσεται) ‘a burnt child dreads the fire’, 2.15. II. a large bat, Sciurus or Pteromys volans, HA 490a7. III. = ἀλωπεκίας II, ib.566a31. IV. in pl., muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles, 92, Onom. 189. V. = ἀλωπεκία I, mange, 7.72, Dian. 79: in pl., bald patches, Aff. 35. VI. kind of dance, dub. in Fr. 419 (prob. in sense v), cf. Hsch. s.v. ὄρχησις.
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