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Headword:
*ko/kkuc
Adler number: kappa,1920
Translated headword: cuckoo
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A kind of bird; the one we call kou=kkos.
Greek Original:*ko/kkuc: ei)=dos o)rne/ou: o( par' h(mi=n kou=kkos.
Notes:
The headword is first attested in Hesiod,
Works and Days 486, for which see the note at
kappa 1918.
cf. also, and generally,
alpha 31; and under
psi 131.
Keywords: definition; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 8 October 2007@00:26:48.
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