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ἱέραξ

ἱέραξ, a hawk, falcon

ἱέραξ [ῐ], ᾱκος, ὁ, Ion. and Ep. ἴρηξ [ῑ], ηκος (the longer form first in Alcm. 28, E. Andr. 1141, Ps.-Orac. ap. Ar. Eq. 1052):—
  • hawk, falcon, ἴρηξ ὠκύπτερος Il. 13.62, cf. 819, Od. 13.86, Hes. Op. 212, Hdt. 2.65, Arist. HA 620a17; sacred to Apollo, Ar. Av. 516.
    • II a kind of fish, Epich. 68 (in Dor. form ἱάραξ), Epaenet. ap. Ath. 7.329a.
    • III name for a grade of initiates in Mithras-worship, Porph. Abst. 4.16.
    • IV name of a bandage, Sor. Fasc. 12.

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