Laelaps (mythology)

Laelaps, detail from a painting of Procris's death

Laelaps /ˈli ˌlæps/[1] (‹See Tfd›Greek: Λαῖλαψ, gen.: Λαίλαπος meaning "hurricane" or "furious storm"[2]) was a Greek mythological dog that never failed to catch what it was hunting.

  1. ^ "Laelaps in the Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary".
  2. ^ Liddell, Henry; Scott, Robert, eds. (1940). "Λαῖλαψ, n.". A Greek-English Lexicon. Clarendon Press.