A.“λαγών” Ar.V.1203, Frr.212, 252, but λαγώ or “λαγῶ” X.Cyn.3.3 (this form is condemned by Luc.Sol.3, but cf. Ath.9.400a): pl., nom. “λαγῴ” Eup. 143; acc. “λαγώς” Arist.HA619b9:—Ion. λαγός , οῦ, Hdt.1.123, al., and so καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς, Ath.9.400a; also in Dor., Epich. 60, and Trag. and Com., S.Fr.111, Amips.18, Alex.123, Philem.89.5:—Ep. λα^γωός , οῦ, also in X.Cyn.10.2 codd., Arist.HA606a24, EN 1118a18, Luc.Symp.38, etc., and cf. infr. 111, v:—hare, “ἢ κεμάδ᾽ ἠὲ λαγωόν” Il.10.361; “πτῶκα λαγωόν” 22.310; “πρόκας ἠδὲ λαγωούς” Od. 17.295; τοὶ δ᾽ ὠκύποδας λαγὸς (Dor. for λαγούς)“ ᾕρευν” Hes.Sc.302; λαγὼ δίκην like a hare, A.Eu.26: prov., ἐστὶν λαγώς, of a coward, Posidipp.26.9; λαγὼ βίον ζῆν lead a hare's life, D.18.263; δειλότερος λαγὼ Φρυγός Prov. ap. Str.1.2.30; ὁ λ. οὗτος this coward, Philostr.VA 4.37; λαγὼς καθεύδων, of persons feigning sleep, Zen.4.84, cf. X. Cyn.5.11; λ. τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν τρέχων, of persons seeking to escape imminent death, Zen.4.85.
II. a bird with rough feathered fcet, mentioned with the swallow, Artem.4.56, cf. Ant.Lib.21.5; cf. λαγωδίας, λαγώπους.