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Headword:
*kumi/ndios
Adler number: kappa,2686
Translated headword: kumindis, kymindis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [kumindios]: the eagle. Also [spelled] kumindos.
Greek Original:*kumi/ndios: o( a)eto/s. kai\ *ku/mindos.
Notes:
The best spelling, it seems, is actually
kumindis (
Homer,
Aristophanes, etc.) -- but the identity of the bird in question is uncertain; perhaps the eagle owl. See the discussion in
Aristophanes, Birds, edited with introduction and commentary by Nan Dunbar (Oxford 1995) 609-610.
cf.
chi 45.
Translated by: David Whitehead on 21 November 2007@07:29:55.
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