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A. cub. whelp, esp. lion's whelp, Il. 18.319; in full, ς. λέοντος Hdt. 3.32, E. Supp. 1223, Ar. Ra. 1431, cf.Eq. 1039; λεαίνης S. Aj. 987; also of other animals, ς. λύκων E. Ba. 699; λυγγός Lasus 3; τῆς ἄρκτου, τῆς ἐλέφαντος, Arist. HA 571b30, 578a22; ἀλώπεκος Plu. Lyc. 18.

2. in poets also of men, Ἀχίλλειος ς. E. Andr. 1170 (anap.), cf. Rh. 381 (anap.); of women, Id. Or. 1213, 1387 (lyr.).