ὕαιν-ᾰ [ῠ], ἡ,
properly a feminine of ὗς:
__I the striped hyena, a carnivorous animal with a bristly mane like a hog (whence the name), Hyaena striata, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.192, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 579b15, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.22, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.263 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also called γλάνος, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 594a31 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare κροκόττας.
__I.2 a kind of antelope, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 15.15 (assuming variant). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II a sea-fish, [[ 2nd c.AD: Numenius Apamensis Platonicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.326f, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 13.27 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; also ὑαινίς, ίδος, ἡ, [[ 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 65; see at {ὗς} 11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III in [[ 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 4.16 ὑαίνας is most probably an error for λεαίνας, as the corresponding _masculine_ is λέοντες. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]