OPPIAN 



Ot S' €.v OLfierp'qroLaLv dXrjv rreXaryeaaiv exovcri, 

 TTjXov OLTTo rpa(f>eprjs ou8' rjoaiv elalv cratpoi, 180j 



dvwoL [JL€V dvvovres, iv Ixdvcriv e^oyoi opii-qv, 

 KpamvoraroL, ^L<j>iaL re (f)€pcovvfxoi rjh^ vTvepoirXos 

 opKvvoiv yeverj /cat iTpr]p,dhes iJSe Kv^elai, 

 KoX KoXiai aKvrdXai re /cat tTnrovpoLo yeveOXa. 

 iv Tols /cat KaXXix^vs eTTaivvyios, lepos Ix^vs' 18fi 



iv KeivoLS vefxerai /cat ttojjlttlXos, ov Trepi vavrai, 

 dt,ovTai, TTOjJbTTf] 8' eTTe^rjpLiaav ovvofia vtjcov 

 €^oxo- yo.p vi^eaat yeyqOores vypd deovaais 



" Thynnus tht/nnus (T. vulyarls), M.G. naidriKo Tovv2va 

 etc., T. thynina, T. hrachypterus. dvvvoi dvvovre^ is a punning 

 reference (TrapTjxTjiris schol.) to the (popular) derivation from 

 dv{v)u) : E.M. s.v. ; Athen. 302 b, 324 d dvoj 6vvvos, 6 opfnjTiKos, 

 Sid r6 Kara rriv rod kvvos eiTLToXriv vwb tou iiri rijs K€(pa\rji olarpov 

 i^eXavvecrdai (see //. ii. 508 n.)- 



» //. ii. 462 n. " H. iii. 132 n. 



<" Young Tunny in its first year: A. 599 b 17 al rrpi/jiaSes 

 KpvTTTOvffLv eaurds ev Tilj ^op^dpcp' ffrifxeiov Se t6 fii] oXLcrKfcrdai 

 Kal i\vv ixoi'cras eirl tou vutov (palveaOai iroWriv Kai ra Trrepvyia 

 euredXififi^va ; Athen, 328 b irprjfxvddas ras OvvulSai ^Xeyou ; 

 Hesych S. xprjfj.d8es Kal irprj/jLvaf ddos dvvvdi8ov$ IxBvos. 



' The Kv^Lov was apparently a small-sized Tunny which 

 was cut into kv^oi and salted: Athen. 116 e rd vewrepa rwv 

 OvvveLuv T7]v avrr)v dvoKoylav exo-f Toh kv^lou i 118 a TnjXa/xvdas 

 Kv^ia elval (p7](Xi ('iK^trioj) fieydXa; 120 e KpdrLara 8^ tGiv p-kv 

 diriSvuv {rapt-X'^'') Kvjiia Kai wpata Kai to, tovtois opLoia yivrj, tQiv 

 8k TTibuwv tA dvvveia Kal KopSvXeia . . , t6 8k Qvvveiov, (prjffl 

 (At^iXos), ylverai iK ttjs fxei^ovos 7r7;Xa/^i'»5os, Siv to fxiKphv dvaXoyei 

 T(fi Kv^iu). Cf. 356 f.; Poll. vi. 48; Plin. xxxii. 146 cybiura 

 — ita vocatur concisa pelamys quae post xl. dies a Ponto in 

 Maeotim redit; ihid. 151 tritomum pelamydum generis 

 magni ex quo terra cybia fiunt ; ix. 48 Pelamydes in apo- 

 lectos particulatimque consectae in genera cybiorum disper- 

 tiuntur. For the development of meaning cf. e~py)T6z (Athen. 

 301), Tp.y)Tbv (Athen. 357 a), and our " Kipper," formerly a 

 Salmon, now a Herring. Ki)|8io(rdKTijs = dealer in salt-fish, 

 Strabo 796, cf. Sueton. Vesp. xix. 

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