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|lshtext=<b>alcēdo</b>: (halc-), ĭnis, [[later]] † [[alcyon]] (halc-), ĭnis, f., = [[ἀλκυών]] [O. H. Germ. alacra; the forms [[halcedo]], halcyon arose from a fancied [[connection]] [[with]] ἅλς = the [[sea]],<br /><b>I</b> the kingfisher, halcyon: Alcedo hispida, Linn.: Alcedo dicebatur ab antiquis pro alcyone, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.: haec [[avis]] [[nunc]] [[Graece]] dicitur ἁλκυών, a nostris [[halcedo]]; sed hieme [[quod]] pullos dicitur [[tranquillo]] mari facere, eos [[dies]] halcyonios appellant (Gr. ἁλκυονίδες ἡμέραι, Aristoph. Av. 1594 Bergk), halcyon-days, Varr. L. L. 7, § 88 Müll.; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 142; cf. Plin. 10, 32, 47.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>alcēdō</b>, ĭnis, f., [[alcyon]] ou martin-pêcheur : Pl. Pœn. 356 ; [[Varro]] L. 5, 79 ; 7, 88 ; P. Fest. 7, 16.
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