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Headword: Ibis
Adler number: iota,76
Translated headword: ibis
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
A serpent-eating[1] bird.
And it is declined ἴβιδος [genitive singular], the ἴβεις [accusative plural].
Greek Original:
Ibis: orneon ophiophagon. kai klinetai ibidos, tas ibeis.
Notes:
See also iota 81.
[1] An adjective attested only in this definition (which also appears in other lexica). But on the diet of the Egyptian ibis see generally Herodotus 2.75-76.
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; historiography; zoology
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 25 October 2003@01:32:38.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (cosmetics, status) on 25 October 2003@02:18:41.
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 26 October 2003@04:51:30.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 11 October 2004@07:55:19.

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