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γλαύξ

glaux

the little owl, Athene noctua

Appears 77 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

γλαύξ, Att. γλαῦξ, γλαυκός, ἡ, Euphronius ap. Sch.Ar. V. 1081, cf. Hdn.Gr.2.947:—A. the little owl, Athene noctua, so called from its glaring eyes, Epich. 166, Arist. HA 488a26, al.; freq. as emblem of Athena, Ar. Av. 516, Eq. 1093, etc.: prov., γλαῦκʼ Ἀθήναζε, γλαῦκʼ εἰς Ἀθήνας, ‘carry coals to Newcastle’, Ar. Av. 301, Antiph. 175.2; γλαῦξ ἐν πόλει ‘Jackʼs as good as his master’, Hsch., etc.; γλαῦκες Λαυρειωτικαί, of Athenian coins, from the type, Ar. Av. 1106; so of figures of owls, IG 2.678B76. 2. γ. θαλαττία, an unknown bird, Thphr. Sign. 52. II. a kind of dance, Ath. 14.629f. III. wart cress, Coronopus procumbens, Dsc. 4.138, Gal. 11.857:—also γλάξ, Hdn. Gr.1.395, al.
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