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Χειμὼν ὀρνιθίας · bird storm, bird tempest, fowl wind (χ 236) · Suda

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χ232winter season
χ233wintry season, wintry time
χ234winter
χ235winter, storm
χ236bird storm, bird tempest, fowl wind
χ237hand
χ238hand, handwriting
χ239hand-leading, leading by the hand
χ240having practiced wrestling-holds

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Χειμὼν ὀρνιθίας

bird storm, bird tempest, fowl wind

Translated by Mary Pendergraft21 Jul 2000Vetting: high7 revisions

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2 notes · 46 words

Translation

[Meaning] one that scatters birds upon the earth because of the cold blast; that is, an extremely forceful one, in which even birds perish.¹ It is also called a bird wind. Or [it is so called] because these birds appear during a storm, as Aratus says.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Χειμὼν ὀρνιθίας· ὁ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τὰ ὄρνεα στορεννὺς ὑπὸ τῆς ψυχρᾶς πνοῆς, τουτέστιν ὁ σφοδρός, ἐν ᾧ καὶ τὰ ὄρνεα φθείρεται. λέγεται δὲ καὶ ἄνεμος ὀρνιθίας. ἢ ὅτι τὰ ὄρνεα ταῦτα χειμῶνος φαίνεται, ὡς Ἄρατος φησί.

Betacode

*xeimw\n o)rniqi/as: o( e)pi\ th\n gh=n ta\ o)/rnea storennu\s u(po\ th=s yuxra=s pnoh=s, toute/stin o( sfodro/s, e)n w(=| kai\ ta\ o)/rnea fqei/retai. le/getai de\ kai\ a)/nemos o)rniqi/as. h)\ o(/ti ta\ o)/rnea tau=ta xeimw=nos fai/netai, w(s *)/aratos fhsi/.

Notes (2)

From the scholia to Aristophanes, Acharnians 876-7, where the headword phrase appears (web address 1).
For o)rniqi/as cf. omicron 612, and see generally LSJ s.v. (web address 2).
1Alternatively, "are driven off course." ↩
2Adler cites line 1077 of the Phaenomena of Aratus [alpha 3745] for this. See also 1024-25, where signs of a coming storm include "all kinds of birds flying in from the sea" and 1031-32, "and up above long lines of cranes do not maintain a steady course, but wheeling round return back home" (translations, D.A. Kidd).

External resources

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

Linked from1 entry

χ226Χεῖμαwinter, winter weather, storm[*xei=ma means the same as] o( xeimw/n.

Neighbouring entries

χ234Χειμὼνwinter χ235Χειμώνwinter, storm χ236Χειμὼν ὀρνιθίαςbird storm, bird tempest, fowl wind χ237Χείρhand χ238Χεῖραhand, handwriting

Revision history7 revisions · last 13 May 2023

13 May 2023reordered notes — Catharine Roth
11 Nov 2013tweaking — David Whitehead
22 Aug 2013upgraded links, added keyword — Catharine Roth
7 Jan 2009betacode cosmetics — Catharine Roth
7 Aug 2002supplemented translation; augmented and rearranged notes; added keywords — David Whitehead
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21 Jul 2000Translated — Mary Pendergraft

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Χειμὼν ὀρνιθίας (Adler number chi 236), trans. Mary Pendergraft, 21 Jul 2000. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/chi/236

Translation by Mary Pendergraft 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 ↗