ὄρυξ,ῠγος , ὁ(ὄρυγξ
Hsch. ),
A. pickaxeorany sharp iron tool for digging,
AP 6.297 ( Phan. ).
II. a kind ofgazelleorantelope,in Egypt and Libya, so called from itspointed horns, beisa, Oryx leucoryx,described asμονόκερως,
Arist. HA 499b20 , PA 663a23 , cf. Callix. 2 , LXX De. 14.5 , Ph. 2.353 , Plu. 2.974f , Opp. C. 2.446 , 4.34 , Ael. NA 7.8 .
2. ὄ. τετράκερωςIndian four-hornedantelope, Tetraceros quadricornis,ib. 15.14 ; also an Indiangazelle,ib. 13.25 .
III. a great fish, perh.narwhal, Monodon monoceros,or a kind of whale, Str. 3.2.7 .