Ὦτος
eared owl, horned owl
Translated by David Whitehead11 Sep 2005Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
A bird, which catches [its prey] by complimenting [it] and imitating [its] dancing, just like the long-eared owl.1 Hence this also the name they give to frivolous and empty-headed people.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὦτος· ὄρνεον, ὅπερ ἐπαινούμενον καὶ ἀντορχούμενον ὥσπερ ὁ νυκτικόραξ ἁλίσκεται. διόπερ καὶ τοὺς χαύνους καὶ κενοδόξους οὕτω καλοῦσιν.
Betacode
*)=wtos: o)/rneon, o(/per e)painou/menon kai\ a)ntorxou/menon w(/sper o( nuktiko/rac a(li/sketai. dio/per kai\ tou\s xau/nous kai\ kenodo/cous ou(/tw kalou=sin.
Notes (1)
- cf. Aristotle, History of Animals 597b21-24 (and kappa 1896).
- 1For which see nu 583. ↩
Linked from2 entries
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- ν583Νυκτικόραξnight-raven, long-eared owlA kind of bird living in the wilderness, which avoids the inhabited places of houses and goes to the deserted and ruined [places]; for they call the house-sites "ruins." Thus also the sparrow, being a cowardly bird,…
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Revision history5 revisions · last 7 Oct 2023
- another keyword — Catharine Roth
- coding — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead