κ1347Κέπφος
stormy petrel
A kind of very quick bird. It is light and floats on the waves. "O petrel!", meaning o most paltry and babbling!; for that is what they say the petrel is like. The proverbial saying is applied to thoughtless men. For…
Κέπφος· εἶδος ὀρνέου ὀξυτάτου. ὅτι κοῦφόν ἐστι καὶ ἐπιπλέον τοῖς κύμασιν. Ὦ κέπφε, ἀντὶ τοῦ ὦ εὐτελέστατε καὶ λάλε· φασὶ γὰρ τὸν κέπφον τοιοῦτον εἶναι. τάττεται δὲ ἡ παροιμία ἐπὶ…