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Headword:
*)/iu+gc
Adler number: iota,760
Translated headword: wryneck
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the bird [of that name], the so-called butt-shaker.
Greek Original:*)/iu+gc: to\ o)/rneon, to\ lego/menon seisopugh/s.
Notes:
Iynx (or Jynx) torquilla, "used as a charm to recover unfaithful lovers, being bound to a revolving wheel": LSJ s.v.
From the
scholia to
Lycophron,
Alexandra 310 (where
i)/uggi occurs); and cf. the
scholia to
Theocritus,
Idylls 2.17 (where the headword occurs in a refrain 10 times in all in the poem, see web address 1). See also
iota 759,
iota 761,
kappa 1585.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; gender and sexuality; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 7 June 2006@01:24:35.
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