122 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



OKNOI {coiitimicd). 



Tiva oppida, Kai eariv ovtos 6 okvos fieyitrros fxiv Ka\ kuXXkttos (pabiwv, el 

 fie liX'Xos Tis dpv'idciv, cnrdvios icm Kai ovtos. 



According to Boios ap. Anton. Lib. c. vii, Autonous was metamor- 

 phosed into the bird okvos, on coKvrja-e dnf^daai ras Ittttovs, his son being 

 turned into an ipu>bi6s. On Ocnus as a mythological character, cf. 

 Diodor. i. 97, p. 109, Pausan. 1. c, &c. 



Probably a foreign word, and perhaps Egyptian (cf. Ael., Diod. 1. c). 

 Bearing in mind the close connexion of the Heron with Athene, I am 

 almost tempted to see in okvos a distorted reflection of Onkh, "Oyya, 

 "Oy Kas (Hesych.), &c., a mystical name of the same goddess. Vide s. v. 

 o.va.yKr\<i. 



OAAITOl', s. oXaroi' a-TzepnoXoyoi, Hesych. 



'OAKA'I- dt]8o)v, Hesych. {loc. dud. ct 7nutiliis). 



'ONOKPO'TAAOI. A Pelican. 



Plin. X. (47) 66, Mart. xi. 21, Hieron. in Lev. xi. iS, &c. ; cf. Boch. 

 Hieroz. ii. 276. 



'OPEINO'Z. A species of alyiGaXos, q.v. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b ereyjoj 6' opavos, Sta to tiarpi^eiv iv ro'is 

 ■ optcriv, ovpaiov paKpov ixoiv. 



Also a name or epithet, like opeiTTj?, of a Hawk or Eagle : cf. Plut. 

 Amat. iv. 9. 



'OPEiriEAAPro'l, vide s. v. irepKvoiTTcpos. 



'OPEl'THZ. A kind of Hawk, mentioned with Kcyxpiiis, Ael. ii. 43. 



'OPGOKO'PYAOI. A name or epithet for a Lark (verb, dub.) ; Alciphro 

 iii. 48. 



"OPNIGEI MEI'ZONEI BOii'N. Eudox. ap. Ael. xvii. 14 vnep^aXav ras 

 HpaKXfiovs (TTrjXas iv Xtpvais iapaKfvai opvidus Ttvas koi pei^ovs /3owi'. 



'OPO'ZniZOI. The Blue-throat, Cyatiecula snea'ca, L. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3> 59^ b (rnl^ij Spoios koL to peyedos TvapanXjjcrios' e\ei 

 [ti Trept] Tov ai\fva Kvavovv, koI StoTpi^ei iv toIs opeaiv. The bird is rare 

 in Greece (Lindermayer, p. 104), nevertheless its identity is unmistake- 

 able. The MSS. have several variants in the name. 



'OPTA'AIXOI. Also dpraXi's, Nic. Alex. 295, &c. A Boeotian word 

 (Stratt. ^oiv. 2, 781) for a Chick. 



Theocr. xiii. 12 ov$' Sttok opTaXi^^oi pivvpol ttotI koItov opcoev. Cf. Ar. 

 Ach. 871 and Schol. ; Aesch. Ag. 54. Applied to Swallow-chicks, 

 0pp. Hal. V. 579. 



