δορκάς, άδος [ᾰ], ἡ, (δέρκομαι, δέδορκα)
an animal of the deer kind (so called from its large bright eyes), in Greece,
roe, Cervus capreolus, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; in Syria and Africa,
gazelle, Antilope dorcas, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]—Other forms:—
δόρξ, δορκός, ἡ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
δόρκος, ὁ, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]:
δόρκων, ωνος, ὁ, Palamed. cited in [
LXX+3rd c.BC+]:
ζορκάς (see. above):
ζόρξ, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:
ἴορκος, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]