σπάλαξ [σπᾰ], ᾰκος, ἡ,
also ἀσπάλαξ (which see), blind-rat, Spalax typhlus, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 425a11, LXX.Lev.11.30; _masculine_ in 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 11.37 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]:— also written σφάλαξ, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 7.24.11. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II ἵππων εἶδος οἱ σ. (perhaps mole-coloured), [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus: compare σπαλακός. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__III meadow-saffron, Colchicum parnassicum, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.6.11 (assuming variant). ] Refs 4th c.BC+]