Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.rage, fury, in Hom. always of martial rage, “κρατερὴ δέ ἑ λ. δέδυκεν” Il.9.239; λ. ἔχων ὀλοήν ib.305; “λ. δέ οἱ κῆρ αἰὲν ἔχε κρατερή” 21.542.

2. after Hom., raging madness, frenzy, such as was caused by the gods, as that of 10, “λύσσης πνεύματι μάργῳ” A.Pr.883 (anap.); of Orestes, Id.Ch.287, E.Or.254, etc.; of the Proetides, B.10.102; of Bacchic frenzy, “ἐλαφρὰ λ.” E. Ba.851; θοαὶ Λύσσας κύνες, of the Furies, ib.977 (lyr.); “λύσσῃ παράκοπος” Ar.Th.680: strengthd., “λ. μανιάς” S.Fr.941.4; “λύττα ἐρωτική” Pl.Lg.839a; λ. alone, of raging love, Theoc.3.47; simply, rage, Phld.Ir.p.77 W.; fanaticism, “περὶ τὰς αἱρέσεις” Gal.8.148 (pl.).

3. personified, Λύσσα the goddess of madness, E.HF823.

II. rabies, in dogs, X.An.5.7.26, Arist.HA604a5, Gal.1.296; in horses, Porph. Abst.3.7.

2. the worm under the tongue of dogs, removed from the belief that it produces rabies, Plin.HN29.100.