Πρηγορεῶνος
crop's; of a crop
Translated by David Whitehead14 Mar 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning of a sc. bird's] gullet.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Πρηγορεῶνος· τοῦ λαιμοῦ.
Betacode
*prhgorew=nos: tou= laimou=.
Notes
- Here in the genitive case, evidently quoted from somewhere. (Perhaps Attic comedy; Aristophanes has this form of the noun in other cases.)
See also pi 2412, pi 2413.
Linked from2 entries
- π2412Προηγορεῶναςcrops[Meaning] the throats of birds, properly speaking the so-called prologoi, because grains are collected [sulle/getai] in them. In humans, too, the throat is also called a crop. In either case [the term comes] from…
- π2413Προηγορεώνcrop[Meaning] the so-called uvula, the gullet. Properly speaking a 'crop' is the gizzard of birds, where the nourishment is accumulated.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 13 Oct 2013
- Revised — David Whitehead
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- expanded note; another keyword — David Whitehead
- set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead