πτωκάς

άδος, Subst., ἡ

πτώξ, πτώσσω

A. timorous, πτωκάσιν αἰθυίῃσι Hom. Epigr. 8.2; π. κύπειρος crouching, low, Simm. 12.
II. pl. as Subst., timorous ones, i.e. birds, S. Ph. 1093 (lyr., dub.l.).
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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