ὕαιν-ᾰ [ῠ],ἡ, prop. a fem. ofὗς:
I. the stripedhyena,a carnivorous animal with a bristly manelikea hog (whence the name),Hyaena striata,
Hdt. 4.192 , Arist. HA 579b15 , Ael. NA 7.22 , Opp. C. 3.263 ; also calledγλάνος,
Arist. HA 594a31 ; cf.κροκόττας.
2. a kind of antelope, Ael. NA 15.15 (s.v.l.).
II. a sea-fish, Numen. ap. Ath. 7.326f , Ael. NA 13.27 ; alsoὑαινίς,ίδος,ἡ, Epich. 65 ; v. ὗς
11 .
III. in Porph. Abst. 4.16
ὑαίναςis most prob. an error forλεαίνας,as the corresponding masc. isλέοντες.