γλαύξ

A. the little owl, Athene noctua, so called from its glaring eyes, Epich. 166, Arist. HA 488a26, al.; freq. as emblem of Athena, Ar. Av. 516, Eq. 1093, etc.: prov., γλαῦκ’ Ἀθήναζε, γλαῦκ’ εἰς Ἀθήνας, 'carry coals to Newcastle', Ar. Av. 301, Antiph. 175.2; γλαῦξ ἐν πόλει 'Jack's as good as his master', Hsch., etc.; γλαῦκες Λαυρειωτικαί, of Athenian coins, from the type, Ar. Av. 1106; so of figures of owls, IG 2.678.

2. γ. θαλαττία, an unknown bird, Thphr. Sign. 52.

II. a kind of dance, Ath. 14.629f.

III. wart cress, Coronopus procumbens, Dsc. 4.138, Gal. 11.857:—also γλάξ, Hdn. Gr.1.395, al.