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περκνός

περκνός, dark coloured

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περκνὸν Adjective: masculine accusative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative singular, Adjective: neuter vocative singular, Adjective: neuter accusative singular of περκνός

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περκνός, ή, όν,
  • dusky, dark in colour, of grapes when beginning to ripen, or of olives, Poll. 1.61, 5.67; περκνὴν (prob. for πέρκην ( . . ἐλάην AP 6.102 (Phil.); also π. ἔχις Arist. Mir. 846b18, Nic. Th. 129; π. ἰχθύες Marc.Sid. 7; livid, Hp. VC 19.
    • II Subst., name of a kind of eagle, αἰετὸν . ., μόρφνον θηρητῆρʼ, ὃν καὶ περκνὸν καλέουσι Il. 24.316 (Aristarch. πέρκνον), cf. Arist. Mir. 835a2, Lyc. 260; = πλάγγος acc. to Arist. HA 618b23. (Cf. πρακνόν, Skt. pŕṛśnis ‘spotted’, OIr. erc, Welsh erch ‘speckled’, ‘dusky’.)

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