Suda On Line menu Search

Home
Search results for tau,99 in Adler number:
Greek display:    

Headword: *taw\s eu)ph/lhc
Adler number: tau,99
Translated headword: fine-crested peacock
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] the Median [kind],[1] and golden-winged, and a boastful bird.
Greek Original:
*taw\s eu)ph/lhc: o( *mhdiko/s, kai\ xruso/pteros, kai\ a)lazoniko\s o)/rnis.
Notes:
"Fine-crested peacock" comes from Babrius 65.1a (see gamma 183).
[1] Peacocks are in fact native to India. See LSJ at web address 1, and compare mu 884, tau 98.
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: definition; ethics; geography; poetry; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 9 November 2000@20:47:19.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead on 16 August 2001@05:09:31.
David Whitehead (another x-ref) on 4 January 2005@08:09:10.
David Whitehead (another keyword; cosmetics) on 29 April 2011@09:36:23.
Catharine Roth (tweaked note) on 6 December 2013@09:41:44.
David Whitehead on 7 January 2014@04:07:51.

Find      

Test Database Real Database

(Try these tips for more productive searches.)

No. of records found: 1    Page 1

End of search