160 Walter Petersen, 



not the same,' for it is given as a synonym of /i/Ar, b}' Pancrat. 

 ap. Ath. 305 D. roayidy.oQ : -oayoc, a sea-fish ' like a goat.' Marcell. 

 Sid. 23. 



B, Miscellaneous. (iaaiXtaxog : ^ccnilfj:;. a) a ' king-like ' serpent, 

 named thus because of a diadem-like spot on the head, as explained 

 by Plin. 8. 21. 33. LXX Ps. 90. 13. b) a ' king- like ' bird, the 

 golden -crested wren (cf. the Germ. Zaunkonig), perhaps conceived 

 as ' Uttle king.' Aesop, ap. Plut. 2. 806 E 6 AJtco-o'j [jU'jiliT/.o^ 

 zTii Twv fopiv 1:00 asToti xojxwD-stc. xQoyf.iay.iay.oQ ' a young pig ' : 

 y.po)[xot.'c ' a pile of stones,' because of its shapelesness (?) or for 

 some obscure reason. ^ Antiph. frg. 3. 125 Ko[j.'|i6; ys [j.ixpoc xpw- 

 [j-axiTxcc cj-TOOT Fa^vaD'TjVo^. Xvxiaxoq : Xtjxoc, ' not a real wolf,' but 

 only half a one, a half-breed between wolf and dog. Cf. Isid. 

 Orig. 12. 2 lycisci dicuntur canes nati ex lupis et canibus, cum 

 forte inter se miscentur. /ivtaxog fjvtaxr] : [j.^!?, an animal 'like a 

 mouse,' a kind of small sea-muscle. The latter perhaps a dimin- 

 utive, cf. Diph. ap. Ath. 90 D cd Vz [tm'yy.y.i tcov pcov oOcrat [j.ixpo- 

 Tspai. [xutcpto? is found Marcell. Sid. 38. 



3. Parts of the Body. 



37. ^oofiiaxog : [3(«)[x6?, ' that which is like as altar,' a part of a 



tooth. Poll. 2. 93 TWV [XEVTOt p,U>.WV TO [J.SV TZpOC, T7] <7apx\ (3w[J.l'7XOV 



xaloociv. J lovvataxog ' that which is like Dionysus,' certain bony 

 excrescences on the temple, " because the poets called Bacchus 

 horned." Galen. 19. 443 (Kuhn). txiviaxog : lyXvoc,, 'that which is 

 like a pot,' a part of the ear. Poll. 2. 86 y^ Bs Trspi t^ ■Awi^zkr^ xoi- 

 XoTYj? (sc. Tou WTO?) s/tvL'Txo?. oXfiiaxog ' hollow of tooth ' : oh^xoc, 

 ' mortar.' Poll. 2. 93 twv [j.£VTot [j.tj>.tov ... xaT^ouOTv ... Ta? ... xoi^^oTTjTa? 

 oljj.i'TxotJC. ovqavCaxog ' roof of mouth ' : oupavo? ' heaven.' Arist. 

 Probl. 33. 14. 963a 2 ; Ath. 315 D. 



4. Names of Plants. 



38. dffTfQiaxog : ao-TVip, a plant ' Hke a star,' an aster. Theophr. 

 H. P. 4. 12. 2. l^-iiGxog : T|3i;, a plant ' like an ibis ' (?).- Diosc. 

 3. 163. IlQiafiiaxog ' cotton-tree ' : Ilpiafj-o?, Gloss. Jlqianiaxog a 

 plant ' like IIpCaTCo? ' = epu0>p6viov, of which Diosc. 3. 144 loropslTai 



^ Possibly the primitive was itself used of a young pig, and XQio^axiexog 

 would then be a diminutive. 



2 The fact that t^iaxog is the spelling in Galen and Suidas makes this 

 etymology more than doubtful, and suggests an unknown foreign source. 

 Cf. Janson, De Graeci Sermonis Dem. in laxog 5. 



