TETPAAflN TPHPflN 169 



TETPA'HN, for rerapos, Ptol. Euerg. ap. Athen. xiv. 654 c : Hesych., 



OpVIS TTOIOS. 



In Sueton. Calig. xxii tetraones numidicae were probably Guinea- 

 fowl. In Plin. x. (22) 29 tetrao is the Black Grouse, Tetrao tetrix : 

 decet tetraonas suus nitor, absolutaque nigritia, in superciliis cocci 

 rubor. The larger variety mentioned next is the Capercaillie, T. uro- 

 gallus : altertfm eorum genus vulturum magnitudinem excedit, quorum 

 et colorem reddit ; nee ulla ales, excepto Struthiocamelo, maius corpore 

 implens pondus, &c. 



TE'TPIE. An unidentified bird. 



Arist. H. A. vi. I, 559 a 17 5e re'rpi ^v KO.\OVO-IV 'Atfqmtoi ovpaya, oi>V 

 TT\ rrjs yrjs veoTTfvei OVT eVl rols SevSpeaiv, aXX' enl rols ^a/zai^Xoi? 

 (pvrols. A few lines before it is mentioned with the lark as nesting 

 on the ground. 



' Only these two conflicting references occur. Belon took reVpi for 

 the Black Grouse, Camus and Buffon for the Capercaillie, neither of 

 which occur in Attica. Sundevall identifies it with the Whinchat, 

 vide s. v. TTpa. 



TITI'I. A small bird, Phot. (Cf. rmo>.) 



TO'PrOI. A Vulture. 



Hesych. ropyos' ei'So? yviros ctfyuaroppdcpov. eon Se Kal 6 yv\ls Trapa 

 SiKeXicoTat?. Cf. ibid. Topyiov' opos lv SifceXia, OTTOV VOTTvov<riv oi yvnes. 

 afi ov KOI avrol ropyoi. 



Callim. fr. 204. Frequent in Lycophron. Cass. 1080 ropyouriv eucop^a 

 (pOLviois defects : ib. 86 Xeucrcrco deovra ypvvbv eTrrepco^evot/ | rp^pcovos els 

 apTray/za, HecpvaLas KVVOS \ r\v ropyos vypo(poiTos e/<Xo^euerai | Ke\v<pdvov 

 orpo'/SiXoi/ ci)(TTpaK(ii)p,vr)v' ubi Schol. ropyos de Kvpias 6 yvty, vvv 8e rov 

 KVKVOV \eyfi) ov p,ip.rj(rap.evos 6 Zevs o~vvep.iyr] rfj A.rjSfl '. ibid. 357 Trjp.os 

 jSiaicos (paoxra rrpbs ropyov \e%os \ yajj.'^aia'iv apTrais olvas e\Kvo'6rjO'op,ai ) 

 where the Scholiast is in doubt whether to translate olvas by a/iTreXoy, or 

 (as is of course correct) by Trepto-repa. 



The word ropyos comes to us through Alexandrine writers (late- 

 brasque Lycophronis atri !). I take it (in spite of Hesychius) to be an 

 Egyptian word, and to be connected with the root of opxtXos (q. v.) and 

 rpoxiXos ; see also s. v. rpi6pxr)S. The name To'pytov, cited by Hesychius, 

 is at least more likely to be derived from ropyos, than the latter from it. 



TOY~TII- 6 Koo-o-v<pos, Hesych. A very doubtful word. 

 TPH'PflN. A Pigeon or Dove. 



On the possibility of Tprjpwy being a true pigeon-name, and 



not merely an epithet derived from rpe'w, vide supra, s. v. 



ire'Xeia. 



