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Headword:
Κιγηλός
Adler number: kappa,1579
Translated headword: kigelos
Vetting Status: low
Translation: A beggar. From a certain sea-bird so called. It is a weak animal, so that it does not even make its own dwelling-place, but gives birth in those of others. And it moves the feathers of its tail.
Greek Original:Κιγηλός: ὁ πτωχός. ἀπὸ ὀρνέου τινὸς θαλασσίου οὕτω καλουμένου. ἔστι δὲ ζῷον ἀσθενές, ὥστε μηδὲ ἰδίαν καλιὰν ποιεῖν, ἐν ταῖς ἑτέρων δὲ τίκτειν. κινεῖ δὲ καὶ τὰ οὐραῖα πτερά.
Note:
cf.
Aelian,
History of animals 12.9 (about the
κίγκλος ; cf.
kappa 1585, and see also
kappa 1580). The headword, attested only here, could have originated as a misreading of
κίγκλος .
Aelian says that country people's proverbs call beggars
κίγκλοι .
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 19 November 2008@21:50:02.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (supplied headword; another x-ref; more keywords; tweaks) on 20 November 2008@03:23:29.
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