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κορυδός

κορυδός, the crested lark

κορῠδός, ἡ, (κόρυς)
  • lark, esp. crested lark, Alauda cristata, Ar. Av. 472, al. (on the accent v. Hdn.Gr. 1.143):—also κόρῠδος, ὁ, Pl.Com. 266, Pl. Euthd. 291b, Arist. HA 559a2, 614a33: prov., κ. ἐν ἀμούσοις φθέγγεται, ‘au royaume des aveugles les borgnes sont rois’, Eust. 1072.40.—Other forms are: κορυδών, ῶνος, ὁ, Arist. HA 609a7; κορυδαλλή, ἡ, Epich. 45; κορυδαλλίς, ίδος, ἡ, πάσαισιν κορυδαλλίσιν χρὴ λόφον ἐγγενέσθαι Simon. 68, cf. Theoc. 7.23; κορυδαλλός, ὁ, Id. 10.50, Babr. 72.20; κορύδαλος, Arist. HA 617b20, 633b1.

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