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ἔλαφος

elaphos

deer, Cervus elaphus

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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 S. Fr. 89; ἔ. βαλιαί E. Hipp. 218 (anap.); ἔ. ἀντὶ παρθένου Lib. Ep. 785.1; κραδίην ἐλάφοιο [ἔχων] with heart of deer. i.e. a coward, Il. 1.225; φυζακινῇς ἐλάφοισιν ἐοίκεσαν 13.102, cf. Pl. La. 196e. (Fem. as a generic term, in Trag. and X. Cyn. 9.11, 10.22, cf. αἱ ἔ. τὰ κέρατα ἀποβάλλουσιν Arist. HA 611a27.) II. κέρας ἐλάφου hartshorn, Gp. 13.8.2. III. deerskin, ἐλάφου πήρα Longus 3.15. IV. a kind of cake, Ath. 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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