Aristotle Greek Lexicon κρέξ

κρέξ

krex

corn-crake, Rallus crex

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κρέξ, , gen. κρεκός, a long-legged bird, perh. A. corn-crake, Rallus crex, or ruff, Machetes pugnax, τούτους (sc. λίθους) ἐτύκιζον αἱ κρέκες τοῖς ῥύγχεσιν Ar. Av. 1138, cf. Arist. PA 695a22, Ael. NA 4.5; sacred to Athena, Porph. Abst. 3.5; [ἡ ἶβις] μέγαθος ὅσον κ. Hdt. 2.76; a name of ill omen to the newly-married, Euph. 4: hence δισάρπαγος κρέξ, of Helen, Lyc. 513. 2. metaph., noisy braggart, Eup. 423. II. hair, Hsch., Suid.: acc. κρέκαν Eust. 1528.18.

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