Ῥάμφος

beak

Translated by Ross Scaife ✝9 May 2002Vetting: high3 revisions

2 notes · 18 words
[Meaning the] "snout" of birds.1
[Their] face.
Beak [rhamphos] applies to a bird, snout [rhungkos] to a pig.2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ῥάμφος· ῥύγχος ὀρνίθων. πρόσωπον. Ῥάμφος ἐπὶ ὀρνέου, ῥύγχος ἐπὶ χοίρου.

Betacode
*(ra/mfos: r(u/gxos o)rni/qwn. pro/swpon. *(ra/mfos e)pi\ o)rne/ou, r(u/gxos e)pi\ xoi/rou.

Notes (2)

  1. 1Same or similar glossing in other lexica; references at Photius rho35 Theodoridis. ↩
  2. 2From the scholia to Aristophanes, Birds 348, where "snout" occurs. ↩

Neighbouring entries

ρ32ῬάμνοςRhamnous, Rhamnusρ33Ῥαμνουσία ΝέμεσιςNemesis of Rhamnous, Rhamnousian Nemesisρ34Ῥάμφοςbeakρ35Ῥανίσιin drops, in spotsρ36ῬαντίζωI sprinkle
Revision history3 revisions · last 24 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. another note; another keyword — David Whitehead
  3. added note and keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
  4. Translated — Ross Scaife ✝

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