Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀτταγήν

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Principal Part: ἀτταγήν

Sense

  1. grouse, attagen Ionicus

Examples

  • "τὰ μὲν γάρ βαρέα καὶ μὴ πτητικά, καθάπερ ἀτταγήν, πέρδιξ, ἀλεκτρυών, φασιανόσ, εὐθὺσ βαδιστικὰ καὶ δασέα. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 3719)
  • "ὅσοι δὲ μὴ πτητικοί, ἀλλ’ ἐπίγειοι, κονιστικοί, οἱο͂ν ἀλεκτορίσ, πέρδιξ, ἀτταγήν, φασιανόσ, κορυδαλλόσ μνημονεύει δ’ αὐτῶν καὶ Σπεύσιπποσ ἐν δευτέρῳ Ὁμοίων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 3723)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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