122 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



OKNO2 (continued}. 



nva opvida, KCU evTiv OVTOS 6 OKVOS /zeyioroy fj.ev Kal KaXXioTos' epadiwv, ei 

 6e aXXos TIS opvidc&V) o~7rdvi6s eon KCU OVTOS. 



According to Boios ap. Anton. Lib. c. vii, Autonous was metamor- 

 phosed into the bird OKI/OS-, on (oKvrjo-e aTreXaaai ras 'LTTTTOVS, his son being 

 turned into an cpwdios. On Ocnus as a mythological character, cf. 

 Diodor. i. 97, p. 109, Pausan. 1. c., &c. 



Probably a foreign word, and perhaps Egyptian (cf. Ael., Diod. 1. c.). 

 Bearing in mind the close connexion of the Heron with Athene, I am 

 almost tempted to see in OKVOS a distorted reflection of Onkh, "Oyya, 

 "OyKas (Hesych.), &c., a mystical name of the same goddess. Vide s. v. 



'OAAITOl', s. oXaroi' cnrfpfjioXoyoi, Hesych. 

 'OAKA'r drjo-uv, Hesych. (loc. dub. et mutilus). 

 'ONOKPO'TAAOI. A Pelican. 



Plin. x. (47) 66, Mart. xi. 21, Hieron. in Lev. xi. 18, c. ; cf. Boch. 

 Hieroz. ii. 276. 



'OPEINO'I. A species of aiyi'OaXos, q.v. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b erepos 6' opavos, 8ia TO SiaTpifieiv ev rot? 

 opecrtv, ovpaiov p.a<pov CXMV. 



Also a name or epithet, like opeiTrjs, of a Hawk or Eagle : cf. Plut. 

 Amat. iv. 9. 



'OPEIFlEAAPrO'l, vide s. v. ircpKyoTrrepos. 



'OPEl'THI. A kind of Hawk, mentioned with KCYXP^IS, Ael. ii. 43. 



'OP0OKO'PYAOI. A name or epithet for a Lark (verb, dub.) ; Alciphro 

 iii. 48. 



"OPNI0EI MEI'ZONEZ BOft~N. Eudox. ap. AeL xvii. 14 v7rep/3aAo>i/ ras 

 'HpaKXciouy oTJ^Xay ev \tp.vais ewpaKevai opviOds Tivas *cat p.eiovs f3o>v. 



'OPO'iniZOI. The Blue-throat, Cyanecula suecica, L. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b <TTTIT) opoios KOL TO peyeOos 7rapa7r\r](rios' e^ei 

 [rt vrepi] TQV av\cva Kvavovv } KOL Starpi'/3ei ev rols ope(nv. The bird is rare 

 in Greece (Lindermayer, p. 104), nevertheless its identity is unmistake- 

 able. The MSS. have several variants in the name. 



'OPTA'AIXOI. Also opraXi's, Nic. Alex. 295, &c. A Boeotian word 

 (Stratt. &oiv. 2, 781) for a Chick. 



Theocr. xiii. 12 ot/0' OTTOK' opraXi^ot pivvpol TTOT\ KO'ITOV opaev. Cf. Ar. 

 Ach. 871 and Schol. ; Aesch. Ag. 54. Applied to Swallow-chicks, 

 Opp. Hal. v. 579. 



