κόκκυξ,ῡγος,ὁ,
A. cuckoo, Hes. Op. 486 , Epich. 164 , Ar. Av. 504 , Arist. HA 563b14 , 618a8 ; sacred to Hera, Paus. 2.17.4 ;ἐχειροτόνησάν με—κόκκυγές γε τρεῖς, i.e. three fellows who voted over and over again, Ar. Ach. 598 , cf.κόκκυγες: ἐπὶ ὑπονοηθέντων πλειόνων εἶναι καὶ ὀλίγων ὄντων, Hsch. ;μῆλον κόκκυγος,
= κοκκύμηλον , Nic. Fr. 87 .
2. stammerer, nickname of Battus, Sch. Pi. P. 4.1 .
II. a sea-fish,piper, Trigla cuculus, said to make a soundlike cuckoo, Hp. Int. 21 , Arist. HA 535b18 , 598a15 , Numen. ap. Ath. 7.309f , Speus. ap. eund. 7.324f , Opp. H. 1.97 .
III.
= ὄλυνθος , a fig that ripens early, Nic. Th. 854 .
IV. Medic.,os coccygis, Ruf. Onom. 114 , Gal. 2.762 ; butτρητὸς κ.,=the wholeos sacrum, Poll. 2.183 .
V. mark on a horse's shoulder, Hippiatr. 14 , 26 , 115 .