Λιβυκὸν ὄρνεον
Libyan bird
Translated by David Whitehead9 Sep 2001Vetting: high2 revisions
Translation
Meaning a big one. There being in Libya1 many strange birds.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Λιβυκὸν ὄρνεον· ἀντὶ τοῦ μέγα. ὡς ἐν Λιβύῃ πολλῶν ὀρνίθων καὶ ἐκτραπέλων ὄντων.
Betacode
*libuko\n o)/rneon: a)nti\ tou= me/ga. w(s e)n *libu/h| pollw=n o)rni/qwn kai\ e)ktrape/lwn o)/ntwn.
Notes (1)
- The headword phrase occurs in Aristophanes, Birds 65 (web address 1). Where a definite species is envisaged, the "Libyan bird" is an ostrich (lambda 497), but here something fantastical is meant.
- 1See generally lambda 493. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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Revision history2 revisions · last 18 Apr 2013
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- added link — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead