; iniZA 157 



IMA'PAIKON' orpov&W, Hesych. Cf. airapdo-ioi/. 

 ZMH'PIN0or opvis Trows-, Hesych. 



IOY~I4>A, s. oma(|>a. Indian birds which indicated to the mariner 

 proximity to land, Cosmas, Indopl. ii. p. 182. Schneider, Lex. 



ZnAPA'llON- opveov epfapes vrpovOa. evtot ovcty, Hesych. Cf. \|/dp, 



<T|Jl<p8lKOl>, &C. 



HIE'AEKTOI- KfXcKdv, Hesych. 



znE'PrOYAOr op^ddpiov ayptov, Hesych. Vide s. v. orpouOos. 



inE'PPYI- 7Tpe'o-/3u9, Hesych. This is apparently a bird-name allied 

 to a-nepyovXos ; the gloss Trpecrpvs may be itself corrupt. Cf. Ahr. 

 Dial. ii. p. in, &c. See also s.v. -n-pecrpus, cnropyiXos. 



IHEPMOAOTOI (also airepfiofofjios, Hesych.). 



Although commentators now take this word adjectivally (as it is in 

 Athen. ix. 387 b) or generically, I have no doubt that it applies 

 specifically to the Book, Corvus frugilegus, L., in Ar. Av. 232 

 crTTfp/xoXoycoi/ Te yevrj | TOXV TreTopeva, paXdaKrjv teWa yfjpvv : also ibid. 



579 ; and accordingly also in Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b. Cf. 

 Hesych. cnrepnoXoyos' KoXotcoSe? <uoi> ; see also Suid. : cf. also Late 

 Lat. frugilega. It is so interpreted by older writers, e. g. Caius, 

 De Rarior. Anim. Hist. Libellus, p. 100. In Mod. Gk. the Rook 

 is said to be called xa/3apow. See also s.v. oXairoi. 



im'rror o-n-iW, Hesych. 



im'ZA, im'ZH. (MSS. have also irl^ai\ Dim. am^V, Hesych. 



applied to all small birds; cf. eiri^a* opvea, Kinrpioi, Hesych. 



Perhaps from rt. ping, to paint, connected with Germ, fink, 



finch, &c. Cf. Eng. bunt-ing. 

 The Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, L. Mod. Gk. crnlvos, and, on 



Parnassus, T&W (Heldr.). 



Soph. fr. 382 KOTO) Kpe/jLavrai O-TTI'' OTTO)? ev epKfo-t. Timo ap. Diog. 

 Laert. iv. 42 fjvrf yXau/ca Trept crTT/^ai. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b opvis 

 (TKd)\r]Ko(pdyos '. ib. ix. 7> 6l3b didyovcri TOV p.ev 0povs ev rols aXeeivols, 

 TOV 8e xeijjL&vos ev rot? -^vxpols. Compared in size with ?uy, KiWor, 

 (nriiTr)$, opoo-rrigos, &c., ib. ii. 12, 504, viii. 3, 592 b, ix. 21, 617. 

 a-nifr' opviddpiov, <TTpovd(S epfapes, Hesych. 



Evidently some very common bird, from its use as a standard of 

 comparison. I follow Sundevall (in spite of Aubert and Wimmer's 

 scepticism) in identifying it with the Chaffinch, on the ground of 



