Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κεβλήπυρις

Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κεβλήπυρις

Etym.: pu=r

Sense

  1. the redcap, redpoll

Examples

  • κίττα τρυγὼν κορυδὸσ ἐλεᾶσ ὑποθυμὶσ περιστερὰ νέρτοσ ἱέραξ φάττα κόκκυξ ἐρυθρόπουσ κεβλήπυρισ πορφυρὶσ κερχνῂσ κολυμβὶσ ἀμπελὶσ φήην δρύοψ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Parodos, lyric48)
  • κεβλήπυρισ μήποτε οὐχ ἕν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ δύο, φησὶν ὁ Σύμμαχοσ· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 13)
  • Ἑρμίππου Τετραμέτροισ καὶ Θεμιστοκλέουσ κοπρῶνοσ <ὁσ>τισοῦν κεβλήπυρισ τισ ὀνομάζεται. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 16)

Similar forms

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

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