Κίγκαλος

dabchick

Translated by David Whitehead19 Jul 2001Vetting: high3 revisions

1 note · 18 words

A kind of light, lean bird.¹ And [there is] a proverb: "poorer than a leberis and a dabchick".²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κίγκαλος· εἶδος ὀρνέου λεπτοῦ καὶ ἀσάρκου. καὶ παροιμία· Πτωχότερος λεβηρίδος καὶ κιγκάλου.

Betacode

*ki/gkalos: ei)=dos o)rne/ou leptou= kai\ a)sa/rkou. kai\ paroimi/a: *ptwxo/teros lebhri/dos kai\ kigka/lou.