ἱέραξ[ῐ],ᾱκος,ὁ , Ion. and Ep.
ἴρηξ[ῑ],ηκος (the longer form first in Alcm. 28 , E. Andr. 1141 , Ps.-Orac. ap. Ar. Eq. 1052 ):—
A. hawk, falcon, ἴρηξ ὠκύπτερος
Il. 13.62
, cf. 819 , Od. 13.86 , Hes. Op. 212 , Hdt. 2.65 , Arist. HA 620a17 ; sacred to Apollo, Ar. Av. 516 .
II. a kind offish, Epich. 68 (in Dor. formἱάραξ), Epaenet. ap. Ath. 7.329a .
III. name for a grade of initiates in Mithras-worship, Porph. Abst. 4.16 .
IV. name of abandage, Sor. Fasc. 12 .