cowering animal; hare
Ancient Greek word, found 11 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 17.676: ὅν τε καὶ ὑψόθʼ ἐόντα πόδας ταχὺς οὐκ ἔλαθε πτὼξ
Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 1.110: καὶ πτῶκας βάλλει καὶ θηρία πάντα διώκει.
Aeschylus, Eumenides 326: πτῶκα, ματρῷον ἅ-