

OPPIAN 



Kvrap vq7nd)(OLaLV irr^ ovvo/xara aKvXa.K€aai 

 jSaia ridei, 6oa navra, dorjv tva jSa^tv aKovrj. 445 

 iTTTTOtaL KparepolaL S' o/XT^^ets" dypevTrjpaiv 

 e^iri vqTTidxoJV ecrrcov, fJbepoTreacri, re Trdaiv 

 rjddSLOi ^iXioi re, fiovoicn Be drjpeaiv ixdpoi. 

 /X7^8' vXdav iOeXotev inel jitaAa drjpevrrjpai 

 aLy-q redpiLOS iari, Trave^oxo. S' IxvevrrjpaLV . 450 



Et'Sea Se arL^irjs hvahepKeos eVAeTO Staaa, 

 dv8/3cDv T^Se Kui^ojv pbipoTTes p-ev dp* aloXo^ovXoi 

 6p.p,aaL T€KpiqpavTO koL i(f)pdaaavro KeXevda- 

 pbv^ajTTJpuL Kvves Se Travixvto. arjpujvavro. 

 val p,rjv dvdpujTTOioL TreXei TreptSe^to? wpr] 

 X^ipiepLT], arei^ovai r' dpioxO'^roLaLV ottojttoIs, 

 ovv€Ka Kal vL<f)eroicn yeypap,p,€va vrav^ dp. opdrat 

 /cat TT-qXolai piivei rervTraapeva et/ceAa rapao)} 

 ixdpov cap Se KVveaaL, (fjuXov Se Tre'Aet (f)dLV07TOjpov 

 e'iapi yap ^ordvrjULV dhrjv 7TOirjTp6(f)og ala 460 



dvdeai 7TX7]dv€L re ttoXvttvoos , dp(f)l Se Travrrj 

 €VcrTecf>avoL Xeipicbves dvqpora TTopcjyvpovaL, 

 /cat irdaav ari^eeaaiv ivppivoLcri Kvveaatv 

 6(jpL7]v TTpea^evreLpav dpiaXSvvovaLV dpovpaf 

 avrdp ev evKdpTTio yXvKepoara(j>vXcp (fyOivoTrcopcp 465 



' T€TviruiJ.iva deiKfXa rapaQv Brunck. 



" Xen. C. 7. 5 to. dvo/xara avTols rldeaffai jSpaxfci IVa 

 evafoLKX-nra etr] (where he gives forty-seven dog names, all 

 dissyllabic). Coliim. vii. 12 Nominibus non longissimis 

 appellandi sunt, quo celerius quisque vocatus exaudiat : nee 

 tamen brevioribus quam quae duabus syllabis enuntientur, 

 sicut Graecum est (XKvXa^ (0\af ? Verg. E. viii. 107), Latinum 

 ferox, Graecum Mkojv, Latinum celer: vel femina, ut sunt 

 Graeca j-ttoi'Sij, olXkyi, poip-ri (these three from Xen.), Latina 

 lupa {cf. Lycisca : Verg. E. viii. 18), cerra, tic/ris. 



" Xenophon, C. 8, gives instructions for hunting hares in 



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