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Headword:
*koloktruw/n
Adler number: kappa,1943
Translated headword: koloktryƓn
Vetting Status: high
Translation: It is a Persian breed similar to locusts.
Greek Original:*koloktruw/n: ge/nos ti *persiko\n a)ttele/bois o(/moio/n e)sti.
Notes:
From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Frogs 932; offered there as a variant reading of
i(ppalektruw/n ("horse-rooster, gryphon", i.e. a monster). A noun
koloktruw/n is also noted in Herodian (
De Prosodia Catholica p. 22 Lentz,
On The Declension of Nouns p. 724) and glossed by
Hesychius kappa3367: "born from a maimed large rooster". All this is wasted ingenuity, however, because in
Aristophanes the phrase
to\n cou=qon i(ppalektruo/na (quoting
Aeschylus fr. 134) is secure; cf.
delta 1054,
xi 81.
For locusts see
alpha 4336.
Reference:
W.G. Arnott, Birds in the Ancient World from A to Z (London 2007) s.v.
Keywords: comedy; definition; geography; tragedy; zoology
Translated by: Nick Nicholas on 5 January 2009@10:31:27.
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