λάταξ[ᾰ],ᾰγος,ἡ , usu. in pl.λάταγες, in the game ofκότταβος,
A. the drops of wine in the bottom of the cup which were thrown into a basin with a splash, λάταγες ποτέονται κυλίχναν ἀπὺ Τηί̈αν
Alc. 43
; ἀπ' ἀγκύλης . . ἵησι λάταγας
Cratin. 273
, cf. Hermipp. 47.7 (anap.), Critias 2.2
D. , Call. Fr. 102 : so collectively in sg., ξανθὴ Ἀφροδισία λ.
S. Fr. 277
(lyr.).
II. a water-quadruped, perh. beaver, Arist. HA 487a22 , 594b32 .