20 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



'AKYAEHX deros, Hesych. Also dicu\<£s, Eustath. ad Dionys. Perieg. 

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

 s. ankla. 



'AAEKTPYfl'N. Also dX^KTwp (Batr. 191, Simon. 81 , Theocr. vii. 122, 

 Aesch. Ag. 167 1, Eum. 861, &c. dXeKrap seems thus to have been 

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



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Fern. d\(KTopis : Com. aXeKTpvaiva (Ar. Nub. 666, 851, &c.) and 17 

 d\(KTpvd>v (Ar. Nub. 663, Fr. 237, &c.). Cf. Hesych. dXcKTpvoves' koivoos ol 

 iraXaiol KOI ras OyXeias opveis ovtu>s ckoXovp : Phrynich. ccvii dXeKropls 

 evpicTKerai iv rpayadiq nov Kai Kcopcofiiq, Aeye de aXeKrpvoop Kai eni 6rjXeos 

 K(u eVl appevos a>s ol iraXaioi : Ar. Nub. 662 r'rp> re drjXeiap KaXels dXeK- 

 rpvova Kara ravrb Kai rbv appcva. Dim. dXcKTopibevs, a chicken, Ael. 

 vii. 47; also dXeKTopiaicos, a cockerel, Babr. v. 1, xcvii. 9, cxxiv. 12. 

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

 a, Xenrpov, see below. 



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

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



dXXa, pev Kai opptdas Kai oppldia vvv povov r\ avprjdeia KaXel ras drjXeias], cf. 

 opvis ivoiKios, Aesch. Eum. 866 ; oppis Ka&oiKis, Nic. Ther. 558 ; KaroiKas, 

 Id. Alex. 60, 535^ KaroiKidios, Geopon. i. 3. 8 ; &ppi6es ol avXeiai, 

 Herondas vi. 101 ; opvis aweo-nos, Opp. Cyneg. iii. 118; ndas opvis, 

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

 &c, &c. 



Early references. — Theogn. Scut. 86 1 eo-irepir] r* e^eipi, kcu opBpirj avris 

 eaeipi, apos dXeKrpvovoiv cpdoyyos iyeipopivatv. Simon, fr. 80 B (Athen. 

 ix. 374 D) dpep6<pcop' dXeKTuyp. Pind. 01. xii. 20 evftapdxrjs ar dXeKTcop. 

 Epicharm. Com. Syr. (ap. Athen. I.e.) fr. 96 (Ahr. Dial. Dor.) Sea x^vbs 

 k' dXeKTopidcov neTerjvcov. Batrachom. 191 eW efiorjaep dXeKrcop. 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 yepos' rjpepov, eniyeiov, KOPiariKov, (3apv, ov tvttjtikov, ovk 

 o^vcottop, o-)(i£6nTepov, dcppodiaiaaTiKov, &c. H. A. ii. IJ, 5°^ D > 5°9 n P°~ 

 Xofiov exovcri npb t?]s KoiXias' dnoepvadas exovcri. 



Comb and spurs. Ar. Av. 487, 1366, Arist. H. A. ii. 12, 504 b evia to>p 

 opveoap X6(pov ex. ov<Tl i Ta ^ v <* v t5>v toup nrepcov eVai/fcrr^/cora, o 8 dXeKTpvoov 

 povos 'idiov' ovre yap o"rip£ eariv ovre noppa) aapKos rrjv (pvaiv. lb. ix. 49, 

 50 KaXXaiov, nXrjKrpa (Hesych. has also nXaKT^p and Koines, the spurs). 

 KaXXaia, distinguished from Xocpos, the ' wattles,' Ael. xi. 26, Ar. Eq. 497, 

 cf. Schol. KaXXaia 8e rovs iraycovas tcov dXeKrpvopcop : in Ael. xv. I, a fish- 

 hook dressed with two feathers vnb rols KaXXeois suggests the ' hackles.' 

 With ep. (poiviKoXocpos, Theocr. xxii. 72, Geop. xiv. 16. 2. 



