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Headword:
*)akalanqi/s
Adler number: alpha,785
Translated headword: Akalanthis, akalanthis
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A kind of bird, or the dog, perhaps [sc. named] from flattering [aikallein] the notables but barking at the strangers.
Greek Original:*)akalanqi/s: ei)=dos o)rne/ou h)\ o( ku/wn, para\ to\ ai)ka/llein i)/sws tou\s gnwri/mous, u(laktei=n de\ tou\s ce/nous.
Note:
The rare headword occurs in
Aristophanes: lower-case in
Peace 1078; upper-case -- as an epithet of Artemis -- in
Birds 871 and 872. These etymologies are from the
scholia thereto. A connection with dogs is unconvincing; on the other hand the bird may or may not be the "goldfinch" that LSJ and others have supposed it. See Dunbar (below) 511.
Aristophanes, Birds, edited with introduction and commentary by Nan Dunbar (Oxford 1995)
Keywords: comedy; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; religion; zoology
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 6 November 2000@00:42:32.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (modified headword, translation, keywords; added note) on 6 November 2000@07:25:08.
David Whitehead (tweaked and expanded note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 22 January 2012@09:12:09.
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