λύκος[ῠ],ὁ ,
A. wolf, Il. 16.156 , 352 ;πολιός grisly, 10.334 ; κρατερώνυχες
Od. 10.218
;ὀρέστεροιib. 212 ; ὠμοφάγοι
Il. 16.156
; κοιλογάστορες
A. Th. 1041
; the small Egyptian wolves mentioned by Hdt. 2.67 were perh.jackals: various kinds distd. by Opp. C. 3.293 sqq.: prov.λύκον ἰδεῖνto seea wolf, i. e.to be struck dumb, as was vulgarly believed of any one at whom a wolf got the first look ( Pl. R. 336d ), Theoc. 14.22 ;λύκου πτερά, of things that are not, 'pigeon's milk', Suid. ;ὡς λ. χανών, of vain expectation, Eub. 15.11 , cf. Ar. Fr. 337 ,
Euphro 1.31 ; λ. κεχηνώς
Ar. Lys. 629
;πρίν κεν λ. οἶν ὑμεναιοῖ, of an impossibility, Id. Pax 1076 , 1112 , cf. Il. 22.263 ;ὡς λύκοι ἄρν' ἀγαπῶσιν, of treacherous or unnatural love, Poet. ap. Pl. Phdr. 241d ;λύκου βίον ζῆν, i. e. live by rapine, Prov. ap. Plb. 16.24.4 ;ἐκ λύκου στόματος, of getting a thingpraeter spem, Zen. 3.48 ;τῶν ὤτων ἔχειν τὸν λύκον'catch a Tartar', Apollod.Car. 18 , cf. Plb. 30.20.8 ;λ. ἀετὸν φεύγει, of the inescapable, Diogenian. 6.19 ;λ. περὶ φρέαρ χορεύει, of those engaged in vain pursuits, ib. 21 .