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Headword: *seleuki/s
Adler number: sigma,199
Translated headword: seleukis
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
It is a bird with a good digestion and an insatiable appetite and villainous.[1]
And it greedily gorges on locusts.[2][3]
Greek Original:
*seleuki/s: o)/rneo/n e)stin eu)/pepton kai\ a)ko/reston kai\ panou=rgon. kai\ ta\s a)kri/das xando\n lafu/sson.
Notes:
The Pastor roseus [rosy starling], according to LSJ s.v. V.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica. According to Adler the ultimate source is [Eunapius] fr. 2 FHG (4.13).
[2] Addendum lacking, Adler reports, in mss AF.
[3] This entry, including addendum, printed as Blockley, Eunapius fr. 2.
Reference:
Blockley, R.C. The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus. Vol. II. Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1983.
Keywords: definition; ethics; food; historiography; zoology
Translated by: David Whitehead on 10 January 2011@10:54:04.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (set status) on 10 January 2011@10:57:54.
David Whitehead (augmented notes; another keyword) on 10 January 2011@11:04:35.
David Whitehead on 22 December 2013@09:44:00.
Aaron Baker (Added Blockley fr. number and blockley as additional bibliography.) on 26 July 2014@21:18:59.
Aaron Baker on 26 July 2014@21:31:31.
Aaron Baker on 28 July 2014@22:44:24.
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