Ask at the forum if you have an Ancient or Modern Greek query!

κίσιρνις

From LSJ
Revision as of 22:10, 10 December 2020 by Spiros (talk | contribs) (Text replacement - "<span class="sense"><p>" to "<span class="sense">")

Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur → Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow

Cicero, Tusculanarum Disputationum, I.45.109
Click links below for lookup in third sources:
Full diacritics: κίσιρνις Medium diacritics: κίσιρνις Low diacritics: κίσιρνις Capitals: ΚΙΣΙΡΝΙΣ
Transliteration A: kísirnis Transliteration B: kisirnis Transliteration C: kisirnis Beta Code: ki/sirnis

English (LSJ)

a    A bird, Hsch. κίσπρα· πικρὰ τὸ ἦθος, παλίγκοτος (Cos), Id.

⇢ Abbreviations: ALL | General | Authors & Works

Frisk Etymological English

Grammatical information: ?
Meaning: ὄρνις ποιός H.
Other forms: Cf. κίσσιρις εἶδος ὀρνέου H.; also κίσινδις (Su.).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Unknown. Pre-Greek has a suffix (beginning with a) nasal added after ρ, s. Fur. 48 n. 126, and 215 n. 62 and 387.

Retrieved from "https://lsj.gr/index.php?title=κίσιρνις&oldid=2035947"