[Meaning an] offspring of a deer.
*pro/c: e)la/fou ge/nnhma.
The headword,
pro/c, is rendered 'roe deer, Cervus Capreolus' in LSJ s.v., but that entry also goes on to note ancient opinion -- as exemplified here -- that the term related specifically to a fawn (whether offspring of an
elaphos, as here, or a
dorkas).
The earliest instance of the noun occurs in the celebrated description of Odysseus' dog Argus (
Homer,
Odyssey 17.291-327), who had chased such game when in his prime.
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