ἔλαφος
elaphos
deer, Cervus elaphus
Appears 18 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔλαφος, ὁ and ἡ, A. deer, Cervus elaphus, whether male, hart or stag, Il. 3.24, etc.; or female, hind, 11.113, etc.; κεραός, ὑψίκερως, ib.475, Od. 10.158; κεροῦσσα Fr. 89; ἔ. βαλιαί Hipp. 218 (anap.); ἔ. ἀντὶ παρθένου Ep. 785.1; κραδίην ἐλάφοιο [ἔχων] with heart of deer. i.e. a coward, Il. 1.225; φυζακινῇς ἐλάφοισιν ἐοίκεσαν 13.102, cf. La. 196e. (Fem. as a generic term, in Trag. and Cyn. 9.11, 10.22, cf. αἱ ἔ. τὰ κέρατα ἀποβάλλουσιν HA 611a27.) II. κέρας ἐλάφου hartshorn, Gp. 13.8.2. III. deerskin, ἐλάφου πήρα 3.15. IV. a kind of cake, 14.649e. V. figure of a deer used as a weight, IG 5(2).125 (Tegea, ii A.D.). (-φος as in ἔρι-φος, etc., ἐλα- from ἐλṇ-, cf. ἐλλός (from *ἐλνός), Lith. élnis ‘stag’.)
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