198 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



^J'A'P, s. vl/dp : also »|/tipos, s. \j/apos. Ion. \|/T)p, v|/apixos, Hesych. 

 A starling, Shirnus vulgaris, L. Mod. Gk. -^apovt, fiavponovXt. 

 The Etymology is confused and doubtful. Von Edlinger (op. c. 

 p. 103) finds in Gk. y}/iip, O. H. G. sprd, Lith. spakas, a connexion 

 with the root of nepK-vos, Lat. spar-gere, i. e. variegated, speckled. 

 But there also seems to be a connexion of Gk. ■<\ra.p or (nrap- 

 with the various names for sparrow, Goth, sparwa, O. Pr. sperglo, 

 Sec, as Engl, starling, stare. Ger. Staar, L. sturtius, form 

 another series together with tnp-ovQo^. The Hebr. sippor is 

 perplexingly similar. 



In Hom. always coupled with the Jackdaw, II. xvi. 583 "ipr]Ki toiKas \ 

 wKei, o(TT ecjiojirjije KoXotovs Tf, yjrrjpai re. xvii. 755 ^o-re -^apav pe(jios, rje 

 KoXoLMV. Arist. H. A. ix. 26, 617 b 6 8e ^apos ea-rl noiKiXos' p4yedos 8' 

 farlv 7]XUov k6ttv(})os. lb. viii. 16, 600 c^coXei. Antipat. Sid. cv ap. Suid. 

 6 TTp\i' eyi> Knl ^lipii kcu apnaKTeipav epuKoyv \ aTrepfiaros v'l^njeTrj Viiarovlav 

 yepavov. Anth. Pal. ix. 373 y^rapas, apovpairjs apnayas einopir]!. Diosc. 

 ii xl^apas opv^ij Tpe(f)ovTes. Is killed by aKopobou, Ael. vi. 46, Phile, 

 De An. Pr. 660. Used as food, Antiph. ap. Athen. ii. 65 e. 



On talking starlings, Plut. ii. 972 F, Plin. x. 59 (43), Aul. Gell. 

 xiii. 20. Stat. Silv. ii. 4, 18 auditasque memor penitus demittere voces, 

 Sturnus, &c. 



4'H'AHKEI' Tav dXeKTpvoucdv ol voBoyevmi, Hesych. Possibly akin to 

 o-e'XKeg, vide s. v. crepKos (Schmidt, ad Hesych.). 



4'ITTA'KH. Also \j/i,TTaKOS (Paus., Ael., &c.), airraKos (Arr.), criTTaKt] 

 (Philost.), PiTTttKos (Ctes.). A Parrot. 



Arrian, Ind. i. I5) 8 aiTraKovs 8e Neapxos fxep a>s drj ti dcopa aivrjyeerai 

 oTi yivovTai iv rfj Ivbav yfj, koi oko'ios oppn ecrrlv 6 criTTaKos, kol okcos (paii'rjv 

 let avdpMTrivrju. eya de oti avTus re ttoXXovs orraTTea Kul ciXXovs eTTicrra- 

 pevovs »;5ea top opvida, ov8ep as vnep aTonov br]6ev cnrrjyrjcropai. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 12, 597 b (spurious passage, A. and W.) oXas Se ra 

 yapy^ayvvxa Tvavra jSpaxvTpaxriXa Koi nXarvyXcoTTa Koi pLprjTiKa' koX yap to 

 'ivdiKou opyeov rj yp-iTraKi], to Xeyopevov avBpconoyXcoTTOV, toiovtop icrrC Ka\ 

 uKoXaaroTepop Se yiverai orav ixuj oivop. (Cf. Plin. X. (42) 5SO 



Pausan. ii. 28, (on animals of restricted geographical range), Trapa 

 8' 'ipboiP popup (iXXa re Kopi^erai, koi opviOes ol ■^ittukoL Died. Sic. ii al 

 8e rrjs Svpt'a? eaxaTia). yj/iTTUKOvs Ka\ TTop(pvpia>pas Koi peXeaypidas [eKTpi- 

 ^OLiO"i]. Philostorg. 3 kci\ M^*' ^') '^"'' ''''}*' o-iTTUKrjp eKeWev 'icrpep Kopi^opeprjv. 



Ctes. ap. Phot. 7rep\ tov oppeov tov ^ittcikov, oti yXaxraap cipdpoinli'rjp exd- 

 KUL (fxovi'iP : cf. Plut. ii. 272 F ; Porph. De Abst. iii. 4 ; Stat. I.e. humanae 

 solers imitator, Psittace, linguae. 



Athen. ix. 387 d, parrots carried in Ptolemy's procession at Alexandria ; 

 ibid. 391 b, mentioned as a mimic, with kIttg and. ctkwv//-. 



