Search results for sigma,948 in Adler number:
Headword: *spi/nos Adler number: sigma,948 Translated headword: finch Vetting Status: high Translation:
A kind of sparrow.
Greek Original:
*spi/nos: ei)=dos strouqou=.
Notes:
From a scholion on Aristophanes, Peace 1149 (web address 1) or Birds 1079 (web address 2), where this bird is mentioned. See Dunbar's note on the latter passage.
For 'sparrow' see sigma 1215.
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