κρέξ
krex
corn-crake, Rallus crex
Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κρέξ, ἡ, gen. κρεκός, a long-legged bird, perh. A. corn-crake, Rallus crex, or ruff, Machetes pugnax, τούτους (sc. λίθους) ἐτύκιζον αἱ κρέκες τοῖς ῥύγχεσιν Av. 1138, cf. PA 695a22, NA 4.5; sacred to Athena, Abst. 3.5; [ἡ ἶβις] μέγαθος ὅσον κ. 2.76; a name of ill omen to the newly-married, 4: hence δισάρπαγος κρέξ, of Helen, 513. 2. metaph., noisy braggart, 423. II. hair, , : acc. κρέκαν 1528.18.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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