κίσσα
ἀμήχανον δὲ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς ἐκμαθεῖν ψυχήν τε καὶ φρόνημα καὶ γνώμην, πρὶν ἂν ἀρχαῖς τε καὶ νόμοισιν ἐντριβὴς φανῇ → hard it is to learn the mind of any mortal or the heart, 'till he be tried in chief authority | it is impossible to know fully any man's character, will, or judgment, until he has been proved by the test of rule and law-giving
English (LSJ)
Att. κίττᾰ, ἡ,
A jay, Garrulus glandarius, Ar.Av.302, Antiph. 302, etc.; σοῦ δ' ἐγὼ λαλιστέραν οὐπώποτ' εἶδον... οὐ κίτταν Alex.92; prov., ἁ κίττα τὰν Σειρῆνα μιμουμένα Gal.8.632. 2 = ἰχθῦς ποιός, Hsch. II 'longing' of pregnant women, craving for strange food, Dsc.1.115, Sor.1.48, S.E.M.5.62: pl., Gal.8.343.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1442] ἡ, att. κίττα, Häher, Holzschreier, nach Plin. pica glandaria; Ar. Av. 302. 1297; Plut. u. a. Sp. – Bei schwangeren Frauen = der Ekel an gewöhnlichen Speisen u. krankhaftes Gelüst nach besonderen, Sext. Emp. adv. math. 5, 62 u. Medic., vgl. Schol. Ar. Pax 496.
