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Headword: Νυκτερινοὶ κύνες
Adler number: nu,579
Translated headword: night-time dogs
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Wolves.
[Note] that the bat alone of flying animals both has milk in its breasts and suckles its young immediately.[1]
[Note] also that Chairephon was called "Bat". And see [for this] under διοίσειν .[2]
Greek Original:
Νυκτερινοὶ κύνες: οἱ λύκοι. ὅτι ἡ νυκτερὶς μόνη τῶν πτητικῶν ζῴων καὶ γάλα ἔχει ἐν μαστοῖς καὶ θηλάζει εὐθέως τὸ γεννώμενον. ὅτι καὶ ὁ Χαιρεφῶν Νυκτερὶς ἐκαλεῖτο. καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ διοίσειν.
Notes:
[1] Quoted from delta 262, q.v.
[2] Delta 1282; cf. chi 160.
Keywords: biography; comedy; definition; food; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 21 December 2001@00:43:05.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keyword; cosmetics) on 21 December 2001@03:19:56.
Catharine Roth (added betacode and cross-reference) on 23 May 2005@00:41:25.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 23 May 2005@03:19:48.
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