τυφλῖνος

A. blind snake, perh. Pseudopus pallasi, τυφλίναι ὄφεις Arist. HA 567b25; ‐ίνοις ὄφεσιν ib. 604b25: called τυφλώψ in Nic. Th. 492, Ael. NA 8.13 (on the accent, v. Hdn.Gr.2.66); τυφλίας and τυφλών in Hsch. (unless these are errors for τυφλίνας, τυφλώψ); τυφλιης , τυφλίς, and τυφαις = caeciola, caecilia, ciccola, Gloss. (fort. τυφλίνης, τυφλίας); τυφλείας = caecula, ib.:—cf. κωφίας.

II. τυφλῖνος,ὁ, a Nile fish, Marc.Sid. 25, Hsch.; also τυφλίνης(τυφλῆνις, τυφλενες codd.) Artem. 4.56; τύφλην (nom.) Ath. 7.312b: Dim. τυφλινίδιον, τό, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.152 (‐φλην-codd.).