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Headword:
Γαμψώνυχος
Adler number: gamma,53
Translated headword: of a crooked-taloned one
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Of one having curving talons.[1]
Also [sc. attested is the phrase] γαμψώνυχα ζῳ̂α ["crooked-taloned creatures"], those birds which have a curved beak below their jaw; such a one is the eagle, the hawk, the kestrel and others which do not drink.[2]
Greek Original:Γαμψώνυχος: ἐπικαμπεῖς ἔχοντος τοὺς ὄνυχας. καὶ Γαμψώνυχα ζῷα, ὅσα τῶν πτερωτῶν τὴν ἐπιρυγχίδα γεγάμψωκεν ὑπὸ τὴν γένυν, οἷός ἐστιν ἀετὸς, ἱέραξ, κεγχρηὶ̈ς ἄλλα τε τὰ μὴ πίνοντα.
Notes:
cf. generally
gamma 52,
gamma 54,
gamma 55.
[1] Same headword and gloss in the Lexica Segueriana; the headword, genitive case, is evidently quoted from somewhere. For the glossing cf. the
scholia to
Homer,
Iliad 16.428, where the nominative plural of the headword occurs (describing vultures).
[2] Again at
epsilon 2556; see also
kappa 1223,
rho 282.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 17 June 2002@21:02:37.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added notes and keyword; cosmetics) on 18 June 2002@03:06:26.
David Whitehead (another x-ref; another keyword; cosmetics) on 17 October 2008@03:16:43.
David Whitehead (expanded n.1; more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics) on 15 June 2011@06:45:15.
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