Aristotle Greek Lexicon κόκκυξ

κόκκυξ

kokkyx

cuckoo

Appears 22 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κόκκυξ, ῡγος, , A. cuckoo, Hes. Op. 486, Epich. 164, Ar. Av. 504, Arist. HA 563b14, 618a8; sacred to Hera, Paus. 2.17.4; ἐχειροτόνησάν με—κόκκυγές γε τρεῖς, i.e. three fellows who voted over and over again, Ar. Ach. 598, cf. κόκκυγες· ἐπὶ ὑπονοηθέντων πλειόνων εἶναι καὶ ὀλίγων ὄντων, Hsch.; μῆλον κόκκυγος, = κοκκύμηλον, Nic. Fr. 87. 2. stammerer, nickname of Battus, Sch.Pi. P. 4.1. II. a sea-fish, piper, Trigla cuculus, said to make a sound like cuckoo, Hp. Int. 21, Arist. HA 535b18, 598a15, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.309f, Speus. ap. eund.7.324f, Opp. H. 1.97. III. = ὄλυνθος, a fig that ripens early, Nic. Th. 854. IV. Medic., os coccygis, Ruf. Onom. 114, Gal. 2.762; but τρητὸς κ., = the whole os sacrum, Poll. 2.183. V. mark on a horseʼs shoulder, Hippiatr. 14, 26, 115.

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