χ186Χελιδόνιον μέλος
swallow's song
[Meaning that] of the swallow. Her voice is not a lamentation, but a commendatory and hortatory song directed toward actions. For this reason during winter [the swallow] neither flies nor cries.
Χελιδόνιον μέλος· τῆς χελιδόνος. ἔστι δὲ αὐτῆς ἡ φωνὴ οὐ θρῆνος, ἀλλ' ᾆσμα ἐνδοτικὸν καὶ κελευστικὸν πρὸς ἔργα. διὰ τοῦτο χειμῶνος οὔτε ἵπταται οὔτε φθέγγεται.