Φάλκων

Falkon, Falco

Translated by David Whitehead17 Nov 2003Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 16 words

Translation

[genitive] *fa/lkwnos: a [sc. proper] name.1 Also [sc. when in lower case] a kind of hawk.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Φάλκων, Φάλκωνος· ὄνομα. καὶ εἶδος ἱέρακος.

Betacode
*fa/lkwn, *fa/lkwnos: o)/noma. kai\ ei)=dos i(e/rakos. 

Notes (2)

  1. 1The Roman cognomen Falco (borne latterly by the fictional detective Marcus Didius Falco). ↩
  2. 2The Latin noun falco, a falcon. ↩

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Revision history3 revisions · last 4 Dec 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. augmented n.1 — David Whitehead
  3. upped status — Ross Scaife ✝
  4. Translated — David Whitehead

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