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Αἰγυπιόν · vulture, black vulture (αι 74) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near αι74

αι70Goat-eater
αι71Aigone, Aegone
αι72Aigoneia, Aegoneia, Aegonia
αι73nanny-goats' names
αι74vulture, black vulture
αι75to act the Egyptian
αι76Egyptian vine-branch.
αι77Aigyptos, Aegyptus, Egypt
αι78to be ashamed, to be reconciled

Suda/ΑΙ alphaiota/αι74

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Αἰγυπιόν

vulture, black vulture

Translated by Cindy Whitcomb14 May 2002Vetting: high5 revisions

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2 notes · 37 words

Translation

Thus the ancients [referred to a vulture], [i.e. ai)gu/pios] rather than gu/y.¹
But [sc. also attested is] ai)gupiw=n in the [genitive] plural, [meaning] of vultures. Herodotus [uses the word].²
The nominative case [is] ai)gupio/s, [meaning] the vulture.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Αἰγυπιόν· οὕτως οἱ παλαιοί, ἀλλ' οὐ γῦπα. Αἰγυπιῶν δὲ πληθυντικῶς, γυπῶν. Ἡρόδοτος. ἡ εὐθεῖα Αἰγυπιός, ὁ γύψ.

Betacode

*ai)gupio/n: ou(/tws oi( palaioi/, a)ll' ou) gu=pa. *ai)gupiw=n de\ plhquntikw=s, gupw=n. *(hro/dotos. h( eu)qei=a *ai)gupio/s, o( gu/y.

Notes (2)

The headword is in the accusative case, evidently quoted from somewhere (perhaps Sophocles, Ajax 169).
1Likewise or similarly in other lexica. LSJ s.v. *ai)gupio/s suggest that "both words seem to be generic terms, but ai). is an older word chiefly found in poetry" (web address 1). However, more expert opinion regards only gu/y as generic, and *ai)gupio/s as the larger black vulture, Aegypius monachus: so Nan Dunbar in her commentary on Aristophanes' Birds (Oxford 1995) 517. ↩
2Herodotus 3.76.3 (web address 2).

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Neighbouring entries

αι72ΑἰγωνίειαAigoneia, Aegoneia, Aegonia αι73Αἰγῶν ὀνόματαnanny-goats' names αι74Αἰγυπιόνvulture, black vulture αι75Αἰγυπτιάζεινto act the Egyptian αι76Αἰγυπτία κληματίςEgyptian vine-branch.

Revision history5 revisions · last 11 May 2012

11 May 2012upgraded link — Catharine Roth
11 May 2012tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
14 Aug 2009augmented notes and keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
20 May 2002fixed links — Catharine Roth
15 May 2002modified headword and translation; streamlined notes; added keywords — David Whitehead
14 May 2002Translated — Cindy Whitcomb

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Αἰγυπιόν (Adler number alphaiota 74), trans. Cindy Whitcomb, 14 May 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alphaiota/74

Translation by Cindy Whitcomb for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗