λαγωόν (lagoon)

λαγωόν is an Ancient Greek form of λαγῶς, meaning “hare”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 33 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, De liberis educandis 4·3: … θʼ ὑμῖν αὐτίκα δὴ μάλα ποιήσω φανερά εἶτα προσαγαγὼν τοὺς δύο σκύλακας διαφῆκε, καταθεὶς εἰς μέσον λοπάδα καὶ λαγωὸν κατευθὺ τῶν σκυλάκων. καὶ ὁ μὲν ἐπὶ τὸν λαγωὸν ᾖξεν, ὁ δʼ ἐπὶ τὴν λοπάδα ὥρμησε. τῶν δὲ Λακεδαιμονίων οὐδέπω …

Plutarch, De sollertia animalium 35·3: … ῖνι μύστας σεβομένους ἴστε, καὶ τῆς Ἥρας ἐν Ἄργει τὴν ἱέρειαν ἀπεχομένην ἐπὶ τιμῇ τοῦ ζῴου· τὸν γὰρ θαλάττιον λαγωόν, ὅς ἐστιν ἀνθρώπῳ θανάσιμος, κτείνουσιν αἱ τρίγλαι μάλιστα καὶ καταναλίσκουσι διὸ ταύτην ὡς φιλάνθρωπα καὶ σω …

All forms of λαγῶς (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.