IKi2vJ;_iniZA 157 



ZMA'PAIKON- a-rpovdlov, Hesych. Cf. a-napdaiov. 

 IMH'PINGOI- opvis 770109, Hesych. 



IOY"Z<t>A, s. aoltr^a. Indian birds which indicated to the mariner 

 proximity to land, Cosmas, Indopl. ii. p. 182. Schneider, Lex. 



iriAPA'ZION' opveov e'/x(/)e/jes (rrpovdu). i'vioi aKixf/, Hesych. Cf. ^dp, 

 o-fAapSiKOi/, &C. 



ZriE'AEKTOI- TreXeKciu, Hesych. 



iriE'PrOYAOI* dpiaOdpinv liypiov, Hesych. Vide S. V. (TTpouGos. 



zriE'PrYI- ivpi(T^v<:, Hesych. This is apparently a bird-name allied 

 to o-TrepyovXof ; the gloss Trpea^us may be itself corrupt. Cf. Ahr. 

 Dial. ii. p. iii, &c. See also s.v. irpeo-pus, CTTropyiXos. 



ZriEPMOAOTOZ (also (T-n-€p|jiofop,os, Hesych.). 



Although commentators now take this word adjectivally (as it is in 

 Athen. ix. 387 b) or generically, I have no doubt that it applies 

 specifically to the Book, Corviis frugikgus, L., in Ar. Av. 232 



anfppoKoymv re yfvr] | ra^v neropLfva, p.aXdaKrji' levra yrjpvv : also ibid, 



579 ; and accordingly also in Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b. Cf. 

 Hesych. aneppoXoyos' KoKoiabes C^o" ', See also Suid. : cf. also Late 

 Lat. frugilega. It is so interpreted by older writers, e. g. Caius, 

 De Rarior. Anim. Hist. Libellus, p. 100. In Mod. Gk. the Rook 

 is said to be called xa^apfuvi. See also s.v. oXairoi. 



zm'rroz- o-n-iVo?, Hesych. 



zm'ZA, zm'ZH. (MSS. have also Tn'^fu). Dim. aTTitioi/, Hesych. 

 applied to all small birds;* cf. ciril^a" opv^a, KvnpLoi, Hesych. 

 Perhaps from rt. pi'ig, to paint, connected with Germ. Jifd', 

 finch, &c. Cf. Eng. bunt-iiig. 

 The Chaffinch, Friugilla coelebs, L. Mod. Gk. o-Truoy, and, on 

 Parnassus, t^ovi (Heldr.). 



Soph. fr. 382 KuToj Kpepnvrai ani^' oncos iv epiceai. Timo ap. Diog. 

 Laert. iv. 42 rjvre y\avKa nipi. (ml^ai.. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b opvLS 

 (TKU>Xy]Ko(pdyos : ib. ix. 7) 613 b SiayoL'cri tov p.(v depovs iv rots dXeeivois, 

 Tov 8e x^ipcovos iv toIs ^vxpo'is. Compared in size with i'uy^, Kvnvos, 

 o-TTtfiVr/?, opoa-TTiCoi, &.C., ib. ii. 12, 504, viii. 3, 592 b, ix. 21, 617. 

 ani^a' opviddpiov, (TTpovOco ificpepis, Hesych. 



Evidently some very common bird, from its use as a standard of 

 comparison. I follow Sundevall (in spite of Aubert and Wimmer's 

 scepticism) in identifying it with the Chaffinch, on the ground of 



