* IBII IEPA= 65 



- i8os [e&os, cf. Schmidt] deroC, Hesych, 

 C IE'PA= (Ep. and Ion. iprjg, s. ?pf?: 1}. Not connected with lepos (i); 



perhaps from root pi swift (cf. Maass, Indo-Germ. Forsch. i. 

 p. 159), but the etymology is quite obscure. 



A Hawk. The generic term especially for the smaller hawks and 

 falcons. Mod. Gk. lepdu or yepdici, applied to the Sparrow-hawk, 

 Kestrel, Hobby, &c., and also to the Kite (Erhard). Dimin. 



icpaKiSfvs, EuSt. 753, 56; lepaKio-KOs, Ar. Av. 1 1 12. 



In Horn, with epithets VKVS II. xvi. 582, wKvirrepos xiii. 62, &KIOTOS 

 TreTerjvwv xv. 237, ehacpporaros ncrtrjvcov xiii. 86 : also Od. v. 66. In Hes. 

 Op. et D. 210 wKVTrerrjs tpyt;, ravvaiTrrepos opvis : cf. Ar. Av. 1453. In 

 Arist. with ep. ya^^vv^os, o-apKOfpdyos, wp.o(pdyos, &C. Alcman 1 6 ap. 

 Athen. 373 ^vcrav 8' airpaKra vcavides, v Q.o~r > opvfis lepaKos vnc pirrafj-evai '. 

 Eur. Andr. 1141 ol 8' OTTOOS 7reXeui8e? lepa< I8ovo~ai npbs (pvyrjv eVamo-av. 



Varieties. Arist. H. A. ix. 36, 620 TODJ/ 8' iepaKuv /cpartOTO? p.ev 6 

 rpiop^rjs, 8evTpo$ 8' 6 at(ra\o)i/, rpi'ros 6 Kipnos' 6 8' dcrrepias Kal 6 (patraro- 

 (povos KOI 6 nrepvLS dXXotoi* ol 8e TrXarvrepot lepaKes worptop^ai /caXovj/rai, 

 aXXoi 8e rrepKoi KOI cnri&cu, ol 8e Xelot Kai oi <ppvvo\6yoi' yevrj 8e TWV 

 IfpuKoav (pao~i rives tivai OVK eAarrco r5>v 8Ka, 8ta0epou(ri 8' dXXjjXcoi', K. T. X. 

 Cf. ib. viii. 3, 592 b. That there were ten species of hawks is asserted 

 by Callimachus, Etym. M. Vide Callim. fr. p. 468, ibique Bentleii ; 

 cf. Schol. ad Ap. Rhod. i. 1049. For lists of the species, cf. Ar. Av. 

 1178, Ael. xii. 4, Dion. De Avib. i. 6, Plin. x. 8, 9, 10. The Egyptian 

 hawks were smaller, Arist. H. A. xii. 4. The various hawks migrate 

 during winter (cf. Job xxxix. 26) except rpiop^;?, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, or 

 epileus, Plin. x. (8) 9. 



Anatomical particulars. \o\r)v apa Trpos TW rjirari KOI rots fvrepois 

 X<>vo-i, depfj-Tjv rr]V KoiXiav, p,iKpbv rbv o-TrXr/i/a, Arist. H. A. ii. 15, 506 a, l6, 

 5o6b; De Part. iii. 7, 670 a. 



Breeding habits. Arist. H. A. vi. 6, 563, incubates twenty days ; ix. 1 1, 

 615 eV aTTOTOfioi? vforrevfi. De Gen. ii. 7> 746 b SOKOVO-IV ol diacpepovres TO) 

 i'8ft fuyvwrticu Trpos dXX^Xovy (an error naturally arising from the sexual 

 difference in size and plumage in many species). H. A. vi. 7, 564 

 ylvovrai ol j/eorroi r)8i>Kpeco o~(p68pa Kal Trioves. Ael. H. N. ii. 43 8iva>s 

 (pi\6drj\vs, cf. Horap. i. 8. Antig. Mirab. 99 (107) rpia /nei/ nVrftv, 

 avavop.fvav 8e TU>V VCOTT&V K\eyfiv rbv eva } K. r. X. See also supra S. V. 

 deros, and cf. Horap. ii. 99. 



On Hawking. Arist. H. A. ix. 36, 620 eV QpaKrj rfj Ka\ovfj.vr) TTOTC 

 KeSpetTroXct ev ro> e\ei 0r)p*vawnp ol (ivdpwrroi, ra 6pvi0ia KOivrj pera TK>V 

 IfpaKwv. Cf. De Mirab. vi. 118, 841 b, Ctesias in Phot. Excerpt, and ap. 

 Ael. iv. 26, Ael. ii. 42, Antig. Hist. Mirab. [Amphipolis], 28 (34), 

 Plin. H. N. x. 8 (10), &c. The account in Dion. De Avib. i. 6, iii. 5, and 



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