λύσσα

λύσσα, Att. λύττᾰ, ἡ, A. rage, fury, in Hom. always of martial rage, κρατερὴ δέ ἑ λ. δέδυκεν Il. 9.239; λ. ἔχων ὀλοήν ib.305; λ. δέ οἱ κῆρ αἰὲν ἔχε κρατερή 21.542. 2. after Hom., raging madness, frenzy, such as was caused by the gods, as that of Io, λύσσης πνεύματι μάργῳ A. Pr. 883 (anap.); of Orestes, Id. Ch. 287, E. Or. 254, etc.; of the Proetides, B. 10.102; of Bacchic frenzy, ἐλαφρὰ λ. E. Ba. 851; θοαὶ Λύσσας κύνες, of the Furies, ib.977 (lyr.); λύσσῃ παράκοπος Ar. Th. 680: strengthd., λ. μανιάς S. Fr. 941.4; λύττα ἐρωτική Pl. Lg. 839a; λ. alone, of raging love, Theoc. 3.47; simply, rage, Phld. Ir.p.77 W.; fanaticism, περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις Gal. 8.148 (pl.). 3. personified, Λύσσα the goddess of madness, E. HF 823. II. rabies, in dogs, X. An. 5.7.26, Arist. HA 604a5, Gal. 1.296; in horses, Porph. Abst. 3.7. 2. the worm under the tongue of dogs, removed from the belief that it produces rabies, Plin. HN 29.100.