riYrAProi— xeaeykiz i 53 



ZAPl'N' opveov eldos, opoiov y^dpca, Hesych. Also crapKiov, crneppoXoyos, 

 Hesych. 

 In both cases it has been suggested to read aapiov, quasi \|/apioi>. 

 ZEIPH'N- 6pvi8dpi6p ri now, Hesych. Possibly, like the * Sirens,' con- 

 nected with the Heb. sir, to sing. 



Cf. Hesych. S. v. o-eiprjces' ol pev e^co yvvaxKas (pacn peXcodovcras, 6 8e 

 AKvXas (TTpov6oKaprjkov. 



ZEIZOnYH'Z, aeiaoupa. Literally Wagtail, Motacilla. Identified with 

 KiyicXos, Hesych. : and apparently with 'ivyg, Schol. in Theophr. ii. 

 I7« Cf. also Sllid. u>y£, to opveov, to Xeyopevov aeiaonvyis. In 



Mod. Gk., crovaovpdda is the Wagtail. Vide s. v. KiyicXos. 

 ZEIZO'<t>EAOZ* to tcov rpo^iXwi/ eldos, Hesych. 



Perhaps for o-eio-oXocpos (J. Albertus in Hesych.), or creio-o\_Ke~\cpaXos, 



s. o-eio-oKeftXos, Meineke, Philol. xii. 621. 

 ZEAEYKl'Z, s. creXeuKias. The Kose-eoloured Pastor, Pas/or roseus, 



Temm. 



Dion. De Avib. i. 22 77oXv,3opa>raroi/ opveov f) aeXevKis, Kai peTa irXeio~Tr]s 

 cvxys dcpiKvovpevov toIs dypoUois, f/v tovs Kapnovs aKpibcov edrjTai nXrj9os. 

 otl Tas pev (payovaai, Tas de Kai d-rrb povrjs ttjs crKids dnaipovaai, inKpivovaiv 

 as civ KciTacpdyobCTi padicas avTiKa, Kai nopOovpevois dvdpdcn £cviKrjv av tis 

 eXiroi avppaxiav iXr]Xvdivai. aXX' el ttjs ^apiros tis tovs opveis dnocTTt- 

 prjaeie, diacpddpovaiv civtcii tov crcodevTa Kapnov. 



Zosimi Hist. i. 57. 6 (Schneid. Eel. Phys. i. 51) iv 2eXevKtq rfj koto. 

 KiXiKLctv AnoXXcovos lepbv IdpVTO KaXovpevov 'SapTrtjdoviov, kcu iv tovtco 

 XprjcrTrjpiov. Ta pev ovv nep\ tov 6eov tovtov Xeyopeva, Kai as airacri tols 

 vnb Xvpr)s aKpidcov ivoxXovpevois aeXevKiddas napadidovs {opvea de TavTa 

 ivdiaiToapeva toIs rvepX to lepbv tokois) crvKet-e-nepne rots ahovcri, ai de 

 Tals aKpio-L avpnepiTTTdpevai Ka\ toIs crTopaai tuvtos dexdpevai 7rapaxprjpa 

 7tXj]86s re aneipov iv aKapiaico diecpOeipov, Kai Ttjs iK tovtoov (SXd(3rjs tovs 

 dv6pu>TVOvs dnrjXXaTTOv, TavTa pev ttj rrjviKavTa tcov dvdpanroov evbcupovla 

 Traplrjpi, tov Kad' rjpas yevovs dirocreicrapevov Belav evepyecriav. Cf. Photius, 

 Cod. cexxiii. p. 681 (teste Bernhardy, ed. Suid.). 



Plin. x. (27) 39 Seleucides aves vocantur quarum adventum ab love 

 precibus impetrant Casii montis incolae, fruges eorum locustis vastan- 

 tibus. Nee unde veniant, quove abeant, compertum, nunquam con- 

 spectis nisi cum praesidio indigetur. 



Cf. Ael. xvii. 19 ; Galen, De Loc. Affect, vi. 3 ; Hesych., &c. 



The bird, under the name Samarmog or Samarmar is in like manner 

 reverenced to this day by the Arabs ; cf. Niebuhr, Beschreib. v. Arabiens, 

 p. 174. In Mod. Gk. it is called ayicmovXi on its Spring migration, 

 when it destroys the grasshoppers, and diafioXonovXi in Autumn, when 

 it devours the grapes (Heldr.). 



