δορκάς,άδος[ᾰ],ἡ,(δέρκομαι, δέδορκα)
A. an animal of the deer kind(so called from its large bright eyes), in Greece,roe, Cervus capreolus,
E. Ba. 699 , X. Cyr. 1.4.7 ; in Syria and Africa,gazelle, Antilope dorcas,
Hdt. 4.192 (in formζορκάς), 7.69 .—Other forms:—δόρξ,δορκός,ἡ,
E. HF 376 (prob.), Call. Lav.Pall. 91 , Luc. Am. 16 :δόρκος,ὁ, Dsc. 2.75 , Opp. C. 2.315 , 3.3 :δόρκων,ωνος,ὁ, Palamed. ap. Ath. 11.397a , LXX Ca. 2.17 , Ar.Byz. Epit. 3.15 :ζορκάς(v. supr.):ζόρξ, Call. Dian. 97 , Fr. 239 , Nic. Th. 42 :ἴορκος, Opp. C. 2.296 , 3.3 . (δόρκοςandἴορκοςare distd. fr.δορκάς.)