Aristotle Greek Lexicon ἀλώπηξ

ἀλώπηξ

alopex

fox, Canis vulpes

Appears 26 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

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

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