172 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



TPOXIAOI {contittued). 



Pliny confuses it with the foregoing: Parva avis quae trochilos ibi 

 vocatur, rex avium in ItaHa, H. N. viii. (25) yj. 



Qi. G. St. Hilaire, Descr. de I'Egypte, (2) xxiv. p. 440, Mem. du Mus. 

 XV. p. 466 ; Curzon, Monast. of the Levant, c. xii ; Brehm, Thierleben, 

 Vdgel, iii. p. 216 (2nd edit.) ; Newton, Diet, of Birds, pp. 442, 733, &c. 



TPY'rrAI. In some INISS. and editions (Aid. Schn. &c.) for 7n;y«pyoj, 

 Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b. 



TPYPft'N. Cf. Heb. "iin, L. tur-tiir. On the derivation from rpiCuv, 

 cf. Eust. Hom. II. (xi. 311), p. 751, Od. pp. 229, 1951 ; Schol. ad 

 Theocr. Id. vii. 140, &c.; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 17 turtur de voce 

 vocatur. I am inclined to think that rpvya^v cannot be direcdy 

 derived from rpv^eiv, but that the verb was applied to the dove's 

 note from mere coincidence of sound : and further that the root 

 of rpuywi/ is probably foreign, like that of olva<i. See also s. v. 



Tpi]pwC. 



A Turtle-dove, Columba turhir, L. Mod. Gk. rpiywvi (Heldr.), Tpiyow 



(Von der M.), rpvymviov (Erh.), 8eKOKTovpa, Bikelas (from the cry). 



Mentioned Ar. Av. 302, 979, &c. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. v. 13, 544 b rmv nepiaTepoeibayv iXaxlari]: 

 cf. Athen. ix. 394 A. Compared in size with KeXeos, H. A. viii. 3, 593, 

 and with ;)^\copeus, ib. ix. 22, 617. Arist. fr. 271, 1527, ap. Athen. I.e., 

 TO xP^H-" Tfcppw, cf. Eust. Hom. Od. p. 171 2. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 

 Kapnocpayel /cat Trorjcfiaye'i' (fxnverai rov 6epovs, ;^;eiyn<ii'09 d(f>avl(eTai' (pcoXei 

 yap. Cf. ibid. 12, 597 b dyeXu^ovTai S' nl re (pdrrai Kol al rpvyoves, orav 

 T€ TvapayivoiVTai kol ttoKiv orav a>pa r) irphs rrjv dvaKopiibrfv . See also 

 ibid. 16, 599 h (f>u>X€l yap . . . koi Tpvywv' Kal 17 ye rpvycov opoXoyov- 

 pevos paXiara tvuvtchv. ovdel^ yap as etTreiv Xeyerai Tpvyova ISe'iv ov8apov 

 XeipMPos, (ipxerai Se rrjs (^wXei'as (T(j)68pa irietpa oiiaa, Kal Trrepoppvel pev 

 €V TTJ (pooXeiq, 7ra)(^€'La pevroi StnreXeZ ovrra. 



Cf. Plin. X. (24) 35 verius turtur occultatur, pennasque amittit. On 

 its migration, see also Varro, De R. R. iii. 5, 7, <S:c. Arist. H. A. ix. 7, 

 613 oiiK avuKvivTovai Tvivoxxjai, iav pf] iKavov niaxriv (cf. Alex. Mynd. ap. 

 Athen. ix. 394 E, Plin. x. (34) 52) ; C^ai nal okto) errj (Plin. 1. c), at 

 TervcpXcopevai vtto tcov naXevrpias Tpecpovrcov avrds : on their capture by 

 decoys, see also Dion. De Avib. iii. 4, 16. 



The voice of the Turtle.— Theocr. Id. xv. 88 S bva-ravoi, dvdvvra kcoWX- 

 Xovaai 1 Tpvyoves : cf. Virg. Eel. i. 59. On the verb rpv^nv, vide supra ; 

 cf. also Pollux, V. 14 eiTTOLs K av rpvyuvas rpv^eiv, nepicTTepas yoyyv^etp : 

 Suid. a(rr]pa>s (pdeyyerai koI yoyyv(7TLKa>i : rpvyu^eiv, A. B. I452. Hence, 

 of a talker, rpvyouos XaXtVrepo?, Menand. YIXok. 13, ap. Ael. xii. 10, in 

 which passage a ' double entendre ' is expatiated on by Aelian, Suidas, 



