ᾨοφόρος ἰχθύς

egg-bearing fish, oviparous fish

Translated by Pam Little14 Apr 2000Vetting: high5 revisions

2 words

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Greek original · Adler’s text

ᾨοφόρος ἰχθύς.

Betacode

*)w|ofo/ros i)xqu/s.

Notes

Aristotle, History of Animals 621b distinguishes between oviparous fish which procreate in spring and viviparous ones -- more exactly, whales etc. -- which do so in autumn.
Cf. omega 130.

Linked from1 entry

ω130ᾨοτόκονegg['Egg'] and [sc. also attested is] w)|oto/kon ['egg-laying', i.e. oviparous]. [Note] that of the quadrupeds only the tortoise gives birth to eggs.

Neighbouring entries

ω134ὨοτοκάταξιςOotokataxis ω135Ὦ οὗτοςo this man ω136ᾨοφόρος ἰχθύςegg-bearing fish, oviparous fish ω137Ὠόψo-ops ω138Ὦ πάντα σὺ τολμῶνo you all-daring

Revision history5 revisions · last 17 Sep 2023

17 Sep 2023cross-reference — Catharine Roth
1 Jan 2015expanded title — Catharine Roth
8 Aug 2011Revised — David Whitehead
11 Apr 2011augmented note and keywords — David Whitehead
10 May 2001modified headword and translation; added keyword — David Whitehead
14 Apr 2000Translated — Pam Little