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Headword: Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξ Adler number: alpha,31 Translated headword: silly cuckoo Vetting Status: high Translation:
The vacuous and silly man.[1]
Greek Original:
Ἀβελτεροκόκκυξ: ὁ κενὸς καὶ ἀβέλτερος.
Notes:
cf. generally alpha 32, alpha 33.
[1] Plato Comicus fr.64 Kock (Phrynichus 48.11). For "cuckoo" alone, in this sense, see e.g. Aristophanes, Acharnians 598 (web address 1 below), and Hesychius s.v. κόκκυγες .
William Hutton (Cosmetics, keywords, raised status) on 24 January 2001@22:19:23. David Whitehead (modified translation and note) on 25 January 2001@03:48:12. Catharine Roth (augmented note, raised status) on 8 October 2007@00:27:35. Jennifer Benedict (typo) on 23 March 2008@01:09:06. Jennifer Benedict (added link) on 25 March 2008@01:04:18. David Whitehead (x-refs; more keywords;) on 19 December 2011@06:48:41.
