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|lshtext=<b>alcēdo</b>: (halc-), ĭnis, [[later]] † [[alcyon]] (halc-), ĭnis, f., = [[ἀλκυών]] | |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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alcēdo: (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,
I 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.
