λ29Λαγὼς καθεύδων
a sleeping hare
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those pretending to sleep. The form lagwo/s, lagwou= is also used. And in the Epigrams: "while I was still a swift-footed child, torn straight from the breast of her who bore…
Λαγὼς καθεύδων· ἐπὶ τῶν προσποιουμένων καθεύδειν. λέγεται καὶ λαγωός, λαγωοῦ. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· τὸν ταχύπουν ἔτι παῖδα συναρπασθέντα τεκούσης ἄρτι μ' ἀπὸ στέρνων, οὐατόεντα λαγωόν.