αἰσάλων

English (LSJ)

ωνος, ὁ, a kind of hawk, prob.

   A merlin, Falco aesalon, Arist.HA609b8, Plin.HN10.205:—αἰσάρων, Hsch.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

αἰσάλων: -ωνος, ὁ, εἶδος ἱέρακος, ἴσως τὸ «τσιχλοϊέρακον», Λατ. falco aesalon, Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 9. 36, 1.

Spanish (DGE)

-ωνος, ὁ

• Alolema(s): αἰσάρων Hsch.
orn. esmerejón, Falco columbarius L., Arist.HA 609^b8, 30, 620^a18, Antig.Mir.59, Ael.NA 2.51, Plin.HN 10.205 (cf. ἀϊτάριν).

• Etimología: Se propone un origen no griego, tracio o pelásgico.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

αἰσάλων: ωνος ὁ зоол. предполож. кобчик (Falco aesalon) Arst.

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: kind of falcon (Arist.); see Thompson Birds.
Other forms: Cf. αἰσάρων εἶδος ἱέρακος H.
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Etym. unknown. Thracian acc. to Krause (s. αἴσακος). Kretschmer Glotta 11, 281 thought it was substantivised from a Pelasgian-Tyrrhenian *αἴσαρος = ἱερός, cf. ἱέραξ (doubtful). Fur. 387 gives it as pre-Greek with ρ\/λ, of which he has more than 30 examples.