κέρχνη
From LSJ
ἀλλ’ οὔτε πολλὰ τραύματ’ ἐν στέρνοις λαβὼν θνῄσκει τις, εἰ μὴ τέρμα συντρέχοι βίου, οὔτ’ ἐν στέγῃ τις ἥμενος παρ’ ἑστίᾳ φεύγει τι μᾶλλον τὸν πεπρωμένον μόρον → But a man will not die, even though he has been wounded repeatedly in the chest, should the appointed end of his life not have caught up with him; nor can one who sits beside his hearth at home escape his destined death any the more
English (LSJ)
ἡ, kind of
A hawk, prob. kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, Hsch.:— also κερχνηίς, contr. κερχνής, ῇδος, ἡ, Ar.Av.304, 589; κεγχρηΐς, ΐδος, ἡ, Arist.HA509a6, Ael.NA2.43; κεγχρίς, Arist.HA558b28, 594a2, GA750a7.
