κυκνίας

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ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea

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Full diacritics: κυκνίας Medium diacritics: κυκνίας Low diacritics: κυκνίας Capitals: ΚΥΚΝΙΑΣ
Transliteration A: kyknías Transliteration B: kyknias Transliteration C: kyknias Beta Code: kukni/as

English (LSJ)

ἀετός, ὁ, a kind of

   A white eagle, Paus.8.17.3.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κυκνίας: ἀετός, ὁ, εἶδος λευκοῦ ἀετοῦ, Παυσ. 8. 17, 3.

Greek Monolingual

κυκνίας, ὁ (AM, Μ και κυκνέας)
είδος αετού όμοιου στη λευκότητα με κύκνο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κύκν-ος + κατάλ. -ίας (πρβλ. καρκιν-ίας, κοχλ-ίας). Ο αετός ονομάστηκε έτσι λόγω του λευκού χρώματός του].