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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Found in Cyprus. Names in parts of Greece. 



7. 



ous Aper sylv. 







Q 



o. 



ivius xvattus 



i 



TfOVTty.OC. 



la. 



9. 



M. Museums 



7T0VTIK0S [AlXpOC. 



T J 



Id. 



10. 



Capra (jazella 



aypeivc. 





11. 



li,quus Laballus 





V. 



a.Xoyov. 



lz. 



Jb. Asinus 



yoctoagog. 



la. 



13. 



Hi. IVlUlUS 



fjLCVXapl. 



ia. 



14. 



Camelus Drome- 



KotyfzXXog. 



Id. in Thessal. 





darius 





15. 



Bos Taurus 



/2ovot. 



ayiXada. in (jrrseCia, 



16 



Ovis Aries 



KOvd'eXXa. 



v r im Tit. find f7? rhC^rj-T-n 



17. 



Capra Hircus 



jpotyog M. otiyoi F. 





18. 



Sus Aper dora. 



%o^og vj^^og. 







Found in Greece. 





19. 



Canis Lupus 



Xvzog. 





Notes by the Editor. 



11. Equus Caballus, aVapoj. Many Hellenic words are still retained in Cyprus; and 

 the ancient infinitive is occasionally used in common discourse. See Leake's Researches, 

 p. 65. In no other part of the Levant do we find the word tWapoc, or a7T7rapoj, signifying 

 "ahorse," except in Cyprus; oiXnyov both in common conversation and writing is always 

 applied to that animal. We are not, however, to suppose, that aXoyov in this sense is of 

 the recent date which many assign to it. It was applied as early as the time of Diogenes 

 Laertius to beasts of burden ; for when he is speaking of the mules driven by Bias into the 

 camp of Alyattes, he uses the word eLkoya. ; and Menage (lib. i. sec. 83.) remarks x« a.Koya. 

 peculiariter cqui sive jumenta dicuntur. He then quotes Hesychius, xcc7trjTov, nctpafiXYipa. 

 ikoyuiv. See the correction of this passage in Suicer T. Ecc. in v. uKoyov. 



12. Equus Asinus, yoiidocpoc, yavlapog, or ae'iSapoj. On consulting Du Cange we find the 

 word explained in the following manner; uEilapoc, " Asinus, quod semper caedatur," 

 p. 29., and reference is given to the authorities whence this etymology is taken. It is need- 

 less to point out the absurdity of it. We have found no explanation so satisfactory as 

 that which is given by Reinesius, Var. Lec. Epil. ad Lect. " KayS«) vr)<ro; 7rAj]<r/ov Kp>]T>)j, 

 sv9« ixeyia-roi ovuypot ylvovrai." Suidas. Ta.ula.poc, therefore, in the abusive language of the 

 mob of Constantinople, who applied it to one of their Emperors, means yau£o'0ev, E Gaudo 

 allatus asinus. Procopius says in his anecdotes, that Justinian was called Tdvlapoc. Jortin 

 Ecc. Hist. iv. 347- The origin of the Greek name of the pheasant, (puo-iavbc, as derived 

 from Phasis, will occur to the reader. 



