Ἴϋγξ
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Translated by Catharine Roth7 Jun 2006Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the bird [of that name], the so-called butt-shaker.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἴϋγξ· τὸ ὄρνεον, τὸ λεγόμενον σεισοπυγής.
Betacode
*)/iu+gc: to\ o)/rneon, to\ lego/menon seisopugh/s.
Notes
- Iynx (or Jynx) torquilla, "used as a charm to recover unfaithful lovers, being bound to a revolving wheel": LSJ s.v.
From the scholia to Lycophron, Alexandra 310 (wherei)/uggi occurs); and cf. the scholia to Theocritus, Idylls 2.17 (where the headword occurs in a refrain 10 times in all in the poem, see web address 1). See also iota 759, iota 761, kappa 1585.