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Headword: Ῥάμφος
Adler number: rho,34
Translated headword: beak
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
The "snout" of birds.[1]
Face.
Beak [rhamphos] applies to a bird, snout [rhungkos] to a pig.[2]
Greek Original:
Ῥάμφος: ῥύγχος ὀρνίθων. πρόσωπον. Ῥάμφος ἐπὶ ὀρνέου, ῥύγχος ἐπὶ χοίρου.
Notes:
[1] Same or similar glossing in other lexica.
[2] From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 348, where "snout" occurs.
Keywords: comedy; definition; medicine; zoology
Translated by: Ross Scaife on 9 May 2002@17:15:46.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added note and keyword; cosmetics) on 10 May 2002@03:03:55.
David Whitehead (another note; another keyword) on 24 August 2011@03:43:37.

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