20 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



"AKYAEH'I- dfTOi, Hesych. Also dKuXds, Eustath. ad Dionys. Perieg. 

 381. Perhaps akin to aquila; cf. Umbrian (Tab. Eugub.), angla 

 J. ankla. 



'AAEKTPVn'N. Also dXcKTwp (Batr. 191, Simon. 81, Theocr. vii. 122, 

 Acsch. Ag. 1 67 1, Eum. 861, &c. dXtKrap seems thus to have been 

 an old form, retained in tragedy ; cf. Rutherford, New Phryn. 



P- 307)- 



Fern. dXfKTopLs : Com. dXfKTpvaivn (Ar. Nub. 666, 851, &c.) and 17 

 okeKTpvMv (Ar. Nub. 663, Fr. 237, &c.). Cf. Hesych. oXeKTpvoves' koivcos ol 

 iToKaiol Km ras 6r]\ei(ts opveis ovtoos eKoKovv : Phrynich. ccvii dXcKTopis 

 tvpifncerai iv TpayaSia nov Koi /cco/xcpSia, Xe'-ye Se dXeKrpvaiv Koi eVi GrjXfos 

 Kal eVt (ippevos as oi TraXmoi : Ar. Nub. 662 rfjv re BijXfinv KaXels dXeK- 

 rpvovn Kara ravTO Kai tov appeva. Dim. dXfKTopiSevs, a chicken, Ael. 

 vii. 47; also dXfKTop[(jKos, a cockerel, Babr. v. i, xcvii. 9, cxxiv. 12. 

 Connected with O. P. /la/ak, the sun, cf. dXKuwi'. For false etymology 

 d, XeKTpov, see below. 



The Common or Domestic Fowl, Gallus galhnaceus, L. Often 

 mentioned simply as opvis, a 'fowl' [especially a hen, Athen. ix. 373 

 dXXa pev Kai opviOas Kai opvldia viv povov 17 avvrjdeLa KoXel ras drjXelas^ cf. 

 opvis fvoiKtos, Aesch. Eum. 866 ; opvis KadoLKis, Nic. Ther. 558 ; KaroiKas, 

 Id. Alex. 60, 535; KOToiKiSios, Geopon. i. 3. 8 ; wpvides ol avXeiai, 

 Herondas vi. loi ; opvis a-wea-Tios, Opp. Cyneg. iii. 118; ndas opvis, 

 Alpheus Mityl. in Gk. Anth., ii. p. 118, cf. Arat. Progn. 960 (228), 

 &c., &c. 



Early references. — Theogn. Scut. 861 ecrnepiT] t e^eipi, koi opdpir] nvris 

 fffeipi, apos dXeKTpvovccv (pdoyyos eydpopevcov. Simon, fr. 80 B (Athen. 

 ix. 374 D) qp€p6(f)(ov' oXeKTcopa. Pind. 01. xii. 20 evdopdi^rjs ar dXfKTcop. 

 Epicharm. Com. Syr. (ap. Athen. I.e.) fr. 96 (Ahr. Dial. Dor.) axn xnvos 

 K dXfKTopi8a>v nererjvoov. Batrachom. 191 €u)s ejBorjaev dXeKTwp. For many 

 fragments, see Athen. 1. c. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. v. 13, 544, De Part. ii. 657 b, De Gen. iii. 

 749 b, described as yevos' rjpepov, eniytiov, KovicTTtKov, /3apv, ov ttttjtikuv, ovk 



O^VWTTOV, (TXI-ConT(pOV, dcppoSLCTlaiTTlKOV, &C. H. A. ii. 17) 5*"*^^^) 5*-'9 '''pO" 



XojBou e)(ovcn irpo tPjs KoiXias' dno(f)vd8as e)(ov(Tt. 



Comb and spurs. Ar. Av. 487, 1366, Arist. H. A. ii. 12, 504 b efia tmm 

 oppeciiv X6<:pov e)(ovcn, rd pev avrcov tu)v nrfpayv enavfarrjKOTa, 6 8 oKfKTpvoiV 

 povos iStoi/' ovre yap crdp^ ia-riv ovre iroppco crapKos ttjv (pi(TLi>. lb. IX. 49, 

 50 KaXXniov, TrXrjKTpa (Hesych. has also nXaKTijp and Koirifs, the spurs). 

 KaXXaia, distinguished from X6(pos, the ' wattles,' Ael. xi. 26, Ar. Eq. 497, 

 cf. Schol. KaXXaia de tovs Traycovas tmv dXeKTpvopau : in Ael. XV. I, a fish- 

 hook dressed with two feathers vtt6 mis KaXXeim suggests the ' hackles.' 

 With ep. 0otwK6\o(/)of, Theocr. xxii. 72, Geop. xiv. 16. 2. 



