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Adler number: iota,76
Translated headword: ibis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A serpent-eating bird.[1]
And it is declined i)/bidos [genitive singular],[2] the i)/beis [accusative plural].
Greek Original:*)=ibis: o)/rneon o)fiofa/gon. kai\ kli/netai i)/bidos, ta\s i)/beis.
Notes:
See also
iota 81.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at
Photius iota11 Theodoridis. The adjective is attested only in these definitions, but on the diet of the Egyptian ibis see generally
Herodotus 2.75-76.
[2] For the several attested genitive singulars of this noun see LSJ s.v.;
i)/bidos occurs in e.g.
Josephus,
Jewish Antiquities 2.247.
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 25 October 2003@01:32:38.
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