τρήρων,ωνος,ὁ,ἡ, (τρέω)
A. timorous, shy,in Hom. always epith. of doves (i. e. ofπεριστεραί,the genus of whichπέλειαιare a species, acc. to Eust. 1262.61 ), τρήρωσι πελειάσιν
Il. 5.778
, h.Ap. 114 , cf. Ar. Av. 575 ; πέλειαι τρήρωνες
Od. 12.63
; τρήρωνα πέλειαν
Il. 22.140
, 23.853 , cf. A.R. 3.541 ; κέπφοι τ.
Ar. Pax 1067
.
II. fem.Subst. trembler,
= περιστερά (metaph. of women), Lyc. 87 , 423 . (Since theSubst.is implied for Hom. inπολυτρήρων, τ.is perh. always aSubst., name of the genus, andτ. πελειάδεςis to be compared withἴρηξ κίρκος, σῦς κάπρος,etc.)