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Headword: *)=ibis
Adler number: iota,76
Translated headword: ibis
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A serpent-eating bird.[1]
And it is declined i)/bidos [genitive singular],[2] the i)/beis [accusative plural].
Greek Original:
*)=ibis: o)/rneon o)fiofa/gon. kai\ kli/netai i)/bidos, ta\s i)/beis.
Notes:
See also iota 81.
[1] Likewise or similarly in other lexica; see the references at Photius iota11 Theodoridis. The adjective is attested only in these definitions, but on the diet of the Egyptian ibis see generally Herodotus 2.75-76.
[2] For the several attested genitive singulars of this noun see LSJ s.v.; i)/bidos occurs in e.g. Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 2.247.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; food; historiography; zoology
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 25 October 2003@01:32:38.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 25 October 2003@02:18:41.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 26 October 2003@04:51:30.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 11 October 2004@07:55:19.
David Whitehead (augmented notes; another keyword) on 8 January 2013@07:20:43.
Catharine Roth (coding) on 13 February 2015@07:37:10.
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