20 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



'AKYAEHT dfros, Hesych. Also dicuXds, Eustath. ad Dionys. Perieg. 

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

 s. ankla. 



'AAEKTPYft'N. Also aX<?KTup (Batr. 191, Simon. 81, Theocr. vii. 122, 

 Aesch. Ag. 1671, Eum. 86 1, &c. dXeKreop seems thus to have been 

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



P- 307). 



Fem. d\KTopis : Com. aXfKrpvaiva (Ar. Nub. 666, 851, c.) and rj 

 d\cKTpva>v (Ar. Nub. 663, Fr. 237, &c.). Cf. Hesych. aXenrpvoves' KOIV&S oi 

 naXaiol Kai ras 6r)\eias opveis OVTMS eitd\ovv I Phrynich. CCVli aXeKTOpls 

 evpiffKeTdi ev rpaycadia irov KOI Koo^eoSi'a, Aeye de aXeKrpvwv KOI eVi 6r)\eos 

 KOI eVt appcvos as oi iraXaioi : Ar. Nub. 662 rf]v re 0r)\fiav KaXfls a\K- 

 rpvova Kara rairo Kai TOV appeva. Dim. d\cKTopi8evs, a chicken, Ael. 

 vii. 47 ; also dXeKropivKos, a cockerel, Babr. v. I, xcvii. 9, cxxiv. 12. 

 Connected with O. P. halak, the sun, cf. dXicuwy. For false etymology 

 a, \eKTpov, see below. 



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

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

 dXXa [Mfv K.a.1 opvtdas K.OL opviQta vvv \iovov rj avvrjdfia KaXel ras 6r)\eias], cf. 

 opvis evoiKios, Aesch. Eum. 866 ; opvis KaGoiicis, Nic. Ther. 558 ; 

 Id. Alex. 60, 535 ; KaroiKiSios, Geopon. i. 3. 8 ; &pvidcs oi 

 Herondas vi. 101 ; opvis o-vvf<mos } Opp. Cyneg. iii. 118; nOas opvis, 

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



Early references. Theogn. Scut. 86 1 eo-Trepfy r' e(ip.i, KOI opdpirj avris 

 eaeip.1, ctnos oXfKTpvovav (J)Q6yyos cyeipopevav. Simon, fr. 80 B (Athen. 

 ix. 374 D) a/zep6<po>j/ dXeKrcop. Pind. OI. xii. 2O fVSo/xa^s ar* 

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

 K d\KTopid(i>v TTfTerjv&v. Batrachom. 191 eeos e/3o^o-ei/ dXeVrajp. 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' fjfjiepov, striytioif, KOVHTTIKOV, jSapu, ov TTT^TIKOV, OVK 

 ^oTTTfpoV) d(ppo5i(riac7Tt/coi', &C. H. A. ii. I7> 5^8 b, 509 ^po- 

 ?rp6 rrjs KoiXias' drro<pvd8as e^ov<ri. 



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

 opveav \6<pov e'^otxri, ra pei/ avrfav TO>V Trrepfov eTraveo'TTjKOTa, 6 S' dXeKrpvcov 

 fMovos idiov' ovre yap (rap| ecrriv ovre Troppto o~apKos rr^v (j)vo-iv. Ib. ix. 49, 

 50 KaXXmov, nXrJKrpa (Hesych. has also TrXaxr^p and KoTries, the spurs). 

 KtiXXaia, distinguished from X6<poy, the ' wattles,' Ael. xi. 26, Ar. Eq. 497, 

 cf. Schol. <d\\aia 8e TOVS Trcoycoi/as- rwf d\Krpv6vu>v : in Ael. xv. I, a fish- 

 hook dressed with two feathers vnb rots xaXXeois suggests the ' hackles.' 

 With ep. <poiviic6Xo<pos, Theocr. xxii. 72, Geop. xiv. 16. 2. 



