ὕστριξ
ὕστριξ, the porcupine
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ὕστριχες common nominative plural, common vocative plural of ὕστριξ
ὕστριξ, ῐχος (but in Opp. C. 3.391 ὑστρίγγων, from ὕστριγξ) ὁ and ἡ,
- porcupine, Hystrix cristata, Hdt. 4.192, Arist. HA 490b29, 579a29, 600a28, Ael. NA 1.31.
- II in pl., something obtained from pigs, prob. bristles, Pl.Com. 28.
- III ὕστριχας (acc. pl.) ἢ σίδηρον as instruments of punishment, prob. whips, the cat, Ph. ap. Eus. PE 8.14; cf. sq. [ὑστριχίς] 1.
ὕσ·τριξ, ιχος (ὁ ou ἡ) [ῐχ]
1 soie de porc, de sanglier, Plat. com. (Clém. 849) ||
2 hérisson, porc-épic, Hdt. 4, 192 ; Arstt. H.A. 1, 6, 6, etc. ; Call. Dian. 96 ||
➳ ὁ ὕστριξ, Arstt. l. c. ; ἡ ὕστριξ, Arstt. H.A. 1, 6, 30 ; El. N.A. 1, 31 ; 12, 26.
Étym. ὗς, θρίξ.
ὕστριξ, ιχος, ὁ u. ἡ, auch ὕστριγξ u. ὕσθριξ (eigtl. Sauhaar, wenn es nicht mit ὄστλιγξ, ἄστλιγξ, βόστρυξ zusammenhängt), das Stachelschwein, der Igel, bes. eine libysche Gattung, Her. 4.192 ; Arist. H.A. 1.6, 6.30 u. Sp., wie Callim. 3.96. – Auch = ὑστριχίς.
ὕστριξ, ῐχος,
- the porcupine, Hdt. deriv. uncertain