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Headword: Nukterinoi kunes
Adler number: nu,579
Translated headword: night-time dogs
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] wolves.[1]
[Note] that the bat alone of flying animals both has milk in its breasts and suckles its young immediately.[2]
[Note] also that Chairephon was called "Bat". And see [for this] under dioi/sein.[3]
Greek Original:
Nukterinoi kunes: hoi lukoi. hoti hê nukteris monê tôn ptêtikôn zôiôn kai gala echei en mastois kai thêlazei eutheôs to gennômenon. hoti kai ho Chairephôn Nukteris ekaleito. kai zêtei en tôi dioisein.
Notes:
[1] Likewise in other lexica; references at Photius nu275 Theodoridis.
[2] Quoted from delta 262, q.v.
[3] delta 1282; cf. chi 160.
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; food; imagery; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 21 December 2001@00:43:05.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 21 December 2001@03:19:56.
Catharine Roth (added betacode and cross-reference) on 23 May 2005@00:41:25.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 23 May 2005@03:19:48.
David Whitehead (another note and keyword; tweaking) on 18 June 2013@04:42:20.
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