122 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



OKNOI {continued). 



riva bpvida, Kai eariv ovtos 6 okvos peyiaros fizp kcu koXXio~tos ipoodiwv, et 

 fie aX~h os tis opvidcov, arirdvios io~Ti /cat ovtos. 



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

 phosed into the bird okvos, otl a>Kvqae dneXd&cu rets tmrovs, his son being 

 turned into an ipa>8i6s. On Ocnus as a mythological character, cf. 

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

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



'OAAITOl'j s. okaroi anepuoXoyoi, Hesych. 

 'OAKA'X- drjbav, Hesych. (Joe. 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'X. A species of alyiOaXos, q.v. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b erepos 6' opeivos, dia to diaTplfteiv iv rols 

 opeaiVf ovpaiov paKpbv ex a>v ' 



Also a name or epithet, like 6pem]s> of a Hawk or Eagle : cf. Plut. 

 Amat. iv. 9. 



'OPEinEAAPrO'l, vide s. v. TrcpKyoirrcpos. 



'OPEl'THI. A kind of Hawk, mentioned with Keyxprjis, Ael. ii. 43. 



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

 iii. 48. 



"OPNI0EI MEl'ZONEX BOiTN. Eudox. ap. Ael. xvii. 14 vTreppaXvv ras 

 'HpaKXeiovs arrjXas iv Xipvais ecopaKevaL bpviOds Tivas kcu p.ei£ovs ftoav. 



'OPO'xniZOX. The Blue-throat, Cyanecula sueaca, L. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b <nri£r) ouoios kcu to ueyeOos TrapanXrjcrios' e\€i 

 [n 7Tfpi] tov av\€va Kvavovv, kcu diarpifiei iv rols opeaiv. The bird is rare 

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

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



'OPTA'AIXOX. Also opTaXis, Nic. Alex. 295, &c. A Boeotian word 

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



Theocr. xiii. 12 ov6* otiok oprdXixoi fuvvpol nori ko'itov 6pa>ev. Cf. Ar. 

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

 Opp. Hal. v. 579. 



