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φώκαινα

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Νύμφη δ' ἄπροικος οὐκ ἔχει παρρησίαν → Sine dote nupta ius loquendi non habet → Doch ohne Mitgift hat die Braut kein Rederecht

Menander, Monostichoi, 371
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Full diacritics: φώκαινα Medium diacritics: φώκαινα Low diacritics: φώκαινα Capitals: ΦΩΚΑΙΝΑ
Transliteration A: phṓkaina Transliteration B: phōkaina Transliteration C: fokaina Beta Code: fw/kaina

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A porpoise, Delphinus phocaena, Arist.HA566b9, 598b1.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1321] ἡ, wie φῶκος, ὁ, der Braunfisch, eine Wallfischart.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

φώκαινα: ἡ, ἰχθύς τις ἐκ τῶν κητοειδῶν, εἶδος φώκης, «φώκαιναι, τρισυλλάβως· τὰς γὰρ φωκαίνας (Γαλλ. marsonin) Ἀριστοτέλης περὶ Ζῴων Ἱστ. Ϛ΄, 11 καὶ η΄, 15) συγκαταλέγει ταῖς φαλαίναις καὶ τοῖς δελφῖσι» Κοραῆς εἰς Ξενοκρ. σ. 108., κτλ., Delphinus phοcaena, Ἀριστ. περὶ τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 6. 12, 2., 8. 13, 7.