κολοιός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, [[jackdaw]], [[Corvus monedula]], Il.16.583, 17.755, Ar.''V.'' 129, ''Av.''50, al., [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''21.6, ''Sign.''39, Arat.963, al., Ael.''NA''4.30, Dionys.''Av.''3.18; κραγέται κολοιοί Pi.''N.''3.82:—Arist.''HA''617b16 distinguishes three species, [[κορακίας]], [[λύκος]], [[βωμολόχος]] ([[quod vide|qq.v.]]): he also mentions a web-footed [[κολοιός]], found in Lydia and Phrygia, which is prob. the [[little cormorant]], [[Phalacrocorax pygmaeus]]; cf. Ath.9.395e (citing [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''875):—Proverbs: <b class="b3">κολοιὸς ποτὶ κολοιόν</b> 'birds of a feather flock together', [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1155a34, etc.; <b class="b3">κολοιὸς ἀλλοτρίοις πτεροῖς ἀγάλλεται</b> 'borrowed plumes', Luc.''Apol.''4; <b class="b3">κύκνον ἡγοῦ τὸν κ.</b> 'your geese are swans', Lib.''Ep.''42.3; of impudent noisy talkers, πολλοὶ… σφε κατακρώζουσι κολοιοί [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1020; of Agathocles, Timae.145. (Cf. [[κολῳός]], [[κολῳάω]].)