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πορφυρίων

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Full diacritics: πορφυρίων Medium diacritics: πορφυρίων Low diacritics: πορφυρίων Capitals: ΠΟΡΦΥΡΙΩΝ
Transliteration A: porphyríōn Transliteration B: porphyriōn Transliteration C: porfyrion Beta Code: porfuri/wn

English (LSJ)

ωνος, ὁ,

   A purple coot or water-hen, Fulica porphyrion, Ar.Av.707, al., Arist.HA509a11, 595a12, LXX Le.11.18, Polem.Hist.59; distd. from the πορφυρίς, Call.Fr. 100c.2.    II a kind of polypus, Artem.2.14.    2 a kind of fish, Hsch.

German (Pape)

[Seite 686] ωνος, ὁ, Wasserhuhn, nach seiner Farbe benannt; Ar. Av. 707. 882; Arist. H. A. 8, 6; vgl. πορφυρίς. – Auch eine Wallfischart? – Ein Meerpolyp, Artemid. 2, 14.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πορφῠρίων: -ωνος, ὁ, πτηνόν τι .ἔχον μέγεθος ἀλεκτρυόνος, καλεῖται δὲ πορφυρίων διὰ τὸ τοῦ ῥύγχους φοινικοῦν, fulica porfyrion Λιν., poule Sultane Buff., Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 707, κ. ἀλλ., Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 2. 17, 32., 8. 6, 1, Ἑβδ. (Λευϊτ. ΙΑ΄, 18)· διαφέρει τῆς πορφυρίδος, Ἀθήν. 388D, καὶ τοῦ φοινικοπτέρου. ΙΙ. εἶδος πολύποδος, Ἀρτεμίδ. 2. 14· εἶδος ἰχθύος, Ἡσύχ.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ωνος (ὁ) :
1 poule d’eau à bec et à pattes rouges, oiseau;
2 sorte de polype.
Étymologie: πορφύρα.