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Headword: Ταναγραῖοι ἀλεκτορίσκοι
Adler number: tau,69
Translated headword: little Tanagraian cockerels, little Tanagraean cockerels
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Pugnacious and irascible, like human beings.[1] Babrius [writes]: "there was a fight of little Tanagraean cockerels, which they say have a spirit like men."[2]
And [there is] a proverb: "a cock and an athlete from Tanagra: these sing nobly." See the rest under "cock."[3]
Greek Original:
Ταναγραῖοι ἀλεκτορίσκοι: οἱ μαχηταὶ καὶ θυμικοί, ὡς ἄνθρωποι. Βάβριος: ἀλεκτορίσκων ἦν μάχη Ταναγραίων, οἷς φασιν εἶναι θυμὸν ὥσπερ ἀνθρώποις. καὶ παροιμία: ἀλεκτρυόνα καὶ ἀθλητὴν Ταναγραῖον. ᾄδονται δὲ εὐγενεῖς οὗτοι. καὶ ζήτει ἐν τῷ ἀλεκτρυόνα τὸ λεῖπον.
Notes:
[1] For Tanagra, in Boeotia, see generally tau 68. For alektoriskos, diminutive of alektor, see link to LSJ below.
[2] Babrius 5.1-2.
[3] alpha 1117.
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Keywords: athletics; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; poetry; proverbs; zoology
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 1 December 2000@11:16:29.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (added keywords; cosmetics) on 1 September 2002@06:57:46.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 12 August 2011@04:36:18.
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