Κεστρεύς
mullet, kestreus
Translated by Nick Nicholas10 Nov 2008Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
What is now known as a kephalos.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κεστρεύς· ὁ νῦν λεγόμενος κέφαλος.
Betacode
*kestreu/s: o( nu=n lego/menos ke/falos.
Notes
- Definition repeated under kappa 1432 (end), and paraphrased in kappa 1429.
These two fish are often lumped together -- so e.g. Archestratus fr.45 Brandt; Oppian, Halieutica 1.111; Aristotle, History of Animals 567a, 591a, 602a; Aelian, History of Animals 13.19; Geoponica 20.41 -- though they are distinguished in Athenaeus, Deipnosophists 7.306D-E (7.77 Kaibel) and 8.356B (8.52 Kaibel). Thekestreu/s is defined as ake/falos in the scholia to Aristophanes, Wasps 790b, the scholia to Aristophanes, Clouds 339a, and the scholia to Oppian, Halieutica 1.156, 2.642; Hesychius kappa2401 aboutke/faloi says, "some kinds ofkestreu/s are so called."