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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: kind of singing-bird, perh. <b class="b2">reed-warbler, Salicaria arundinacea</b> (Arist. HA 616b 13). See Thomson Birds s. v.<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">ἔλεια</b> (Call. Fr. 100c 14), <b class="b3">ἐλεᾶς</b> m. (Ar. Av. 302; on the formation Schwyzer 461, Chantr. Form. 31); also <b class="b3">ἔλαιος</b> m. (Alex. Mynd. ap. Ath. 2, 65b)<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Formation and origin unclear. One compares since Fick 1, 365, 2, 42 the Latino-Celtic name of the swan, Lat. [[olor]], OIr. [[elae]], including (Lidén Arkiv f. nord. fil. 13, 30f.) Swed. <b class="b2">al(l)a</b>, <b class="b2">al-fågel</b> <b class="b2">Fuligula glacialis</b>, Pok. 304, Ernout-Meillet and W.-Hofmann s. [[olor]]. Prob. Pre-Greek (note <b class="b3">ε</b>\/<b class="b3">ει</b>\/<b class="b3">αι</b>).
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Transliteration A: eléa Transliteration B: elea Transliteration C: elea Beta Code: e)le/a

English (LSJ)

ἡ, perh.

   A reed-warbler, Salicaria arundinacea, Arist.HA616b12: ἔλεια, Call.Fr.100c.14; cf. ἐλεᾶς.

German (Pape)

[Seite 793] ἡ, ein Sumpfvogel, Arist. H. A. 9, 16.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ἐλέα: ἡ, εἶδος πτηνοῦ, καλαμοδύτης, ζῶν ἐπὶ τῶν καλάμων περὶ τὰ ἕλη, εἶναι δὲ μικρὸν πτηνὸν καὶ ἔχει φωνὴν καλήν, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 16.

Spanish (DGE)

-ας, ἡ

• Alolema(s): ἔλεια Call.Fr.421
orn. carricero, Acrocephalus arundinaceus L., Arist.HA 616b12, Call.l.c., cf. ἐλεᾶς.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

ἐλέα: ἡ элея (предполож. разновидность дрозда) Arst.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: kind of singing-bird, perh. reed-warbler, Salicaria arundinacea (Arist. HA 616b 13). See Thomson Birds s. v.
Other forms: ἔλεια (Call. Fr. 100c 14), ἐλεᾶς m. (Ar. Av. 302; on the formation Schwyzer 461, Chantr. Form. 31); also ἔλαιος m. (Alex. Mynd. ap. Ath. 2, 65b)
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Formation and origin unclear. One compares since Fick 1, 365, 2, 42 the Latino-Celtic name of the swan, Lat. olor, OIr. elae, including (Lidén Arkiv f. nord. fil. 13, 30f.) Swed. al(l)a, al-fågel Fuligula glacialis, Pok. 304, Ernout-Meillet and W.-Hofmann s. olor. Prob. Pre-Greek (note ε\/ει\/αι).