αι74Αἰγυπιόν
vulture, black vulture
Thus the ancients [referred to a vulture], [i.e. ai)gu/pios] rather than gu/y. But [sc. also attested is] ai)gupiw=n in the [genitive] plural, [meaning] of vultures. Herodotus [uses the word]. The nominative case [is]…
Αἰγυπιόν· οὕτως οἱ παλαιοί, ἀλλ' οὐ γῦπα. Αἰγυπιῶν δὲ πληθυντικῶς, γυπῶν. Ἡρόδοτος. ἡ εὐθεῖα Αἰγυπιός, ὁ γύψ.
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