φήνη
Ὥσπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἡλίου μὴ ὄντος καυστικοῦ, ἀλλ' οὔσης ζωτικῆς καὶ ζωοποιοῦ θέρμης ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἀπλήκτου, ὁ ἀὴρ παθητικῶς δέχεται τὸ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ϕῶς καὶ καυστικῶς· οὕτως οὖν ἁρμονίας οὔσης ἐν αὐτοῖς τινὸς καὶ ἑτέρου εἴδους ϕωνῆς ἡμεῖς παθητικῶς ἀκούομεν → Just as although the Sun itself does not cause burning but has a heat in it that is life-giving, life-engendering, and mild, the air receives light from it by being affected and burned, so also although there is a certain harmony and a different kind of voice in them, we hear it by being affected.
English (LSJ)
ἡ, a kind of
A vulture, perh. lammergeyer, Gypaëtus barbatus, φῆναι ἢ αἰγυπιοί Od.16.217, cf. 3.372, Ar.Av.304, Arist.HA592b5, 619b23, cf. φίνις; sacred to Athena, Ael.NA12.4.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1269] ἡ, eine Adlerart; (Od. 3, 372. 16, 217; Ar. Av. 304; Arist H. A. 8, 3. 9, 34), bei Plin. ossifraga.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
φήνη: ἡ, πιθ. = ἁλιαίετος, θαλάσσιος ἀετός, ἔχων χρῶμα σποδοειδές, ossifragus, φῆναι ἢ αἰγυπιοὶ Ὀδ. Π. 217, πρβλ. Γ. 372, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 304, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 8. 3. 2., 9. 34, 2· πτηνὸν ἱερὸν τῆς Ἀθηνᾶς, Αἰλιαν. π. Ζ. 12. 4.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
orfraie, sorte d’aigle, oiseau.
Étymologie: DELG étym. incertaine.
