ἀσπάλαξ [πᾰ], ακος, ὁ,
elsewhere σπάλαξ (which see), blind-rat, Spalax typhlus, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 533a3, 3rd c.BC: Antigonus Carystius Paradoxographus “Mirabilia” 10, “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.51, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 17.10; ἀσπαλάκων αὐτόχθονα φῦλα 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 2.612: proverbial, τυφλότερος ἀσπάλακος 4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 8.25.] Refs 4th c.BC+]