iKrw— xmzA 157 



IMA'PAIKON' arpovdlov, Hesych. Cf. arraptfaioi'. 

 IMH'PINGOI- opvis noios, Hesych. 



IOY~I4>A, s. <rota<|)a. Indian birds which indicated to the mariner 

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



XnAPA'llON' opveov ipfapes (TTpovOco. <fvioi ctki\^, Hesych. Cf. <J/dp, 

 afJidpStKoe. &c. 



IflE'AEKTOZ- neXeicdv, Hesych. 



inE'PrOYAOI* opviOapiov aypiov, Hesych. Vide S. V. orrpouOos. 



inE'PrYI- 7j-peV/3u9, Hesych. This is apparently a bird-name allied 

 to (nre'pyovXos ; the gloss ivpia&vs may be itself corrupt. Cf. Ahr. 

 Dial. ii. p. m, &c. See also s.v. upe'cr^us, airopyiXos. 



inEPMOAO'rOI (also <nrepp.ov6p.os, 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 Rook, Corvus frugilegus, L., in Ar. Av. 232 



(T7T eppoXoy wv re yivr] I ra^v neTopeva, pak6a.Kr)V levra yrjpvv : also ibid. 



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

 Hesych. o-neppoXoyos' ko\oiS>8cs (fo* ; 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 ga^opS*. See also s.v. dXairoi. 



iniVror o-n-iW, Hesych. 



im'ZA, im'ZH. (MSS. have also »#»). Dim. amliov, Hesych. 

 applied to all small birds ; cf. em^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. <nrh>os, and, on 

 Parnassus, t£6vi (Heldr.). 



Soph. fr. 382 Karoo Kpepavrai mri£' ottcos iv epneo-i. Timo ap. Diog. 

 Laert. iv. 42 rjvre ykavKa ivipi <rm£ai. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b opvis 

 aKa>\t]Ko(pdyos I ib. ix. 7) 613 b 8idyovo~i rov pev Oipovs iv toZs dXeeivois, 

 tov 8e %€ipa>vos iv rols yfrvxpols. Compared in size with ?vy£, Kvavos, 

 ffirtftrqf, opo<nri£os, &c, ib. ii. 12, 504, viii. 3, 592 b, ix. 21, 617. 

 mrifa' opviOdpiov, o-Tpov6(3 ipcfiepis, 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 



