ἀλώπηξ [ᾰ], εκος
(also ἀλώπηκος[[ 6th c.BC: Ananius Lyricus 5)] Refs 6th c.BC+], ; dative plural, ἀλώπεξι[[ LXX.1Ki.21.10] LXX], Epic dialect ἀλωπήκεσσι[[ 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 1.433] Refs 3rd c.AD+]:—fox, Canis vulpes (smaller Egyptian species [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 606a24] Refs 4th c.BC+], C. niloticus), [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 86.2, 89.5, 7th-6th c.BC(?): Semonides Iambographus 7.7, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.67, etc.] Refs 7th c.BC+]: of sly persons, ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν[[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 11.5] Refs 6th c.BC+]; μῆτιν ἀ. a very fox for craft, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4(3).65: proverbial, τὴν.. Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν] Refs 5th c.BC+] we must trail Archilochus' foxskin behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 365c; πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.249D.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει 'sleight masters might', [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 2.73] Refs 4th c.AD+]; πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται 'qui dort dine', [[ [prev. author] 7.91] Refs]; ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ 'ex pede Herculem', [[ [prev. author] 5.15] Refs]; ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ αὖθις ἀ. (i.e. πάγαις ἁλώσεται) 'a burnt child dreads the fire', [[ [prev. author] 2.15. ] Refs]
__II a large bat, Sciurus or Pteromys volans, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 490a7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III ={ἀλωπεκίας} [[ 11, [prev. work] 566a31. ] Refs]
__IV in plural, muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 92, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus “περὶ ὀνομασίας” 189. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]