θώς

thos

jackal, Canis aureus

Appears 3 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 3
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Book 11 3
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11474
11479
11481

Dictionary (LSJ)

θώς, θωός, ὁ, also ἡ, prob. A. jackal, Canis aureus, Τρῶες ἕπονθʼ ὡς εἴ τε δαφοινοὶ θῶες . . ἀμφʼ ἔλαφον Il. 11.474, cf. Arist. HA 610a14, 630a9; θώων παρδαλίων τε λύκων τʼ ἤϊα Il. 13.103; θ. καὶ πάνθηρες Hdt. 4.192; ἔχει ὁ θ. πάντα τὰ ἐντὸς ὅμοια λύκῳ Arist. HA 507b17; a large kind in India, Arr. Ind. 15.3: pl., θώαντες IG 14.1302 (mosaic at Praeneste). 2. hunting dog, Lycaon pictus, Opp. C. 3.338, al. 3. panther, Cyr.

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