Θῶες

jackals

Translated by David Whitehead30 Nov 2002Vetting: high4 revisions

13 words

[Genitive] qw/wn: wild animals born of a female hyena and a male wolf.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Θῶες, θώων· θηρία ἐξ ὑαίνης καὶ λύκου γεννώμενα.

Betacode

*qw=es, qw/wn: qhri/a e)c u(ai/nhs kai\ lu/kou gennw/mena.

Notes

Likewise in other lexica, and cf. also the scholia on Homer, Iliad 11.474 and 13.103, where the headword occurs in similes (web addresses 1 & 2).
Again in the singular at theta 445.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

θ445Θώςjackal[Genitive] qwo/s.

Neighbouring entries

θ419ΘούριονThourian, Thurian; bold θ420Θοῦρονrushing, bold θ421Θῶεςjackals θ422Θωήpenalty θ423ΘώθThoth

Revision history4 revisions · last 10 Dec 2018

10 Dec 2018expanded note, added a keyword — Catharine Roth
4 Jan 2013expanded note — David Whitehead
30 Nov 2002added links — Catharine Roth
30 Nov 2002Revised — Catharine Roth
30 Nov 2002Translated — David Whitehead