λαγώς

λαγώς or λαγῶς, ὁ, gen. λαγώ or λαγῶ (λαγῶς, λαγῶ, acc. to Hdn.Gr. 1.245, 2.629); acc. λαγών Ar. V. 1203, Frr. 212, 252, but λαγώ or λαγῶ X. Cyn. 3.3 (this form is condemned by Luc. Sol. 3, but cf. Ath. 9.400a): pl., nom. λαγῴ Eup. 143; acc. λαγώς Arist. HA 619b9:—Ion. λαγός, οῦ, Hdt. 1.123, al., and so καθʼ ἡμᾶς, Ath. 9.400a; also in Dor., Epich. 60, and Trag. and Com., S. Fr. 111, Amips. 18, Alex. 123, Philem. 89.5:—Ep. λᾰγωός, οῦ, also in X. Cyn. 10.2 codd., Arist. HA 606a24, EN 1118a18, Luc. Symp. 38, etc., and cf. infr. III, V:—A. hare, ἢ κεμάδʼ ἠὲ λαγωόν Il. 10.361; πτῶκα λαγωόν 22.310; πρόκας ἠδὲ λαγωούς Od. 17.295; τοὶ δʼ ὠκύποδας λαγὸς (Dor. for λαγούς) ᾕρευν Hes. Sc. 302; λαγὼ δίκην like a hare, A. Eu. 26: prov., ἐστὶν λαγώς, of a coward, Posidipp. 26.9; λαγὼ βίον ζῆν lead a hareʼs life, D. 18.263; δειλότερος λαγὼ Φρυγός Prov. ap. Str. 1.2.30; ὁ λ. οὗτος this coward, Philostr. VA 4.37; λαγὼς καθεύδων, of persons feigning sleep, Zen. 4.84, cf. X. Cyn. 5.11; λ. τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν τρέχων, of persons seeking to escape imminent death, Zen. 4.85. II. a bird with rough feathered feet, mentioned with the swallow, Artem. 4.56, cf. Ant.Lib. 21.5; cf. λαγωδίας, λαγώπους. III. a kind of sea-slug, Lepus marinus, Epich. l.c., Amips. l.c.; ὁ θαλάττιος λαγωός sea-hare, Aplysia leporina, Plu. 2.983f, Gal. 11.688, al., cf. Nic. Al. 465, Dsc. 2.18. IV. a constellation, Arat. 338, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.20. V. a kind of bandage, τῷ λαγωῷ ἐπιδέσμῳ Heliod. ap. Orib. 46.18.2, cf. 48.27 tit., Sor. Fasc. 7. (Prob.slack-ear, cf. λαγαρός, οὖς.)