A.jackal, Canis aureus, “Τρῶες ἕπονθ᾽ ὡς εἴ τε δαφοινοὶ θῶες . . ἀμφ᾽ ἔλαφον” Il.11.474, cf. Arist.HA610a14, 630a9; “θώων παρδαλίων τε λύκων τ᾽ ἤϊα” Il.13.103; “θ. καὶ πάνθηρες” Hdt.4.192; “ἔχει ὁ θ. πάντα τὰ ἐντὸς ὅμοια λύκῳ” Arist.HA507b17; a large kind in India, Arr.Ind.15.3: pl., “θώαντες” IG14.1302 (mosaic at Praeneste).
2. hunting dog, Lycaon pictus, Opp.C.3.338, al.
3. panther, Cyr.