A.“ἀλώπηκος” Anan.5), ἡ; dat. pl., “ἀλώπεξι” LXX 3 Ki.21.10, Ep. “ἀλωπήκεσσι” Opp.C.1.433:—fox, Canis vulpes (smaller Egyptian species Arist.HA606a24, C. niloticus), Archil.86.2, 89.5, Semon.7.7, Hdt.2.67, etc.: of sly persons, “ἀλώπεκος ἴχνεσι βαίνειν” Sol.11.5; μῆτιν ἀ. a very fox for craft, Pi.I.4(3).65: prov., τὴν . . Ἀρχιλόχου ἀλώπεκα ἑλκτέον ἐξόπισθεν we must trail Archilochus' foxskin behind, i.e. deceive by false appearances, Pl.R.365c; “πολλῆς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀ. ἐπιχέαντες” Eun.Hist.p.249D.; ἡ ἀ. τὸν βοῦν ἐλαύνει 'sleight masters might', Diogenian.2.73; πεινῶσαν ἀ. ὕπνος ἐπέρχεται 'qui dort dine', Id.7.91; ἡ κέρκος τῇ ἀλώπεκι μαρτυρεῖ 'ex pede Herculem', Id.5.15; ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ αὖθις ἀ. (sc. πάγαις ἁλώσεται) 'a burnt child dreads the fire', Id.2.15.
II. a large bat, Sciurus or Pteromys volans, Arist.HA490a7.
IV. in pl., muscles of the loins, psoas-muscles, Clearch.92, Ruf.Onom.189.