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Headword:
Alektorides
Adler number: alpha,1114
Translated headword: hens
Vetting Status: high
Translation: The female bird[s].
"And they killed the hens themselves, to prevent them, by crying and singing over their eggs, from exposing the adulterer".[1]
Also [sc. attested is the masculine singular] a)lektori/dhs, the son of the cock.[2]
The cock is said to be a Persian bird because of his crest. And see under "Persian bird".[3]
Greek Original:Alektorides: hai thêleiai ornis. kai tas alektoridas de autas apekteinan, tou mê keladousas kai aidousas epi tois ôois mênusai ton moichon. kai Alektoridês, ho tou alektoros. hoti Persikos ornis ho alektôr legetai dia tên lophian. kai zêtei en tôi Persikos ornis.
Notes:
The headword, nominative plural, is either generated by the quotation given (where it is accusative plural) or quoted from somewhere else.
[1]
Aelian fr. 199 Domingo-Forasté (196 Hercher); cf.
epsilon 2829.
[2] Very rare word, perhaps the equivalent of
a)lektorideu/s in
Aelian.
[3]
pi 1377.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 5 April 2000@09:38:17.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified translation; added note; cosmetics) on 26 January 2001@10:17:52.
David Whitehead (added keywords; restorative and other cosmetics) on 12 June 2002@05:17:56.
Catharine Roth (added cross-reference) on 17 December 2007@15:49:48.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr; augmented notes and keywords) on 18 December 2007@03:11:11.
David Whitehead (another note) on 3 February 2012@05:53:58.
Catharine Roth (updated reference in note 1) on 8 February 2012@01:22:21.
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