δρεπανίς

Θνητὸς πεφυκὼς τοὐπίσω πειρῶ βλέπειν → Homo natus id, quod instat, ut videas, age → Als sterblich Wesen mühe dich zu seh'n, was folgt

Menander, Monostichoi, 249

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Full diacritics: δρεπᾰνίς	Medium diacritics: δρεπανίς	Low diacritics: δρεπανίς	Capitals: ΔΡΕΠΑΝΙΣ
Transliteration A: drepanís	Transliteration B: drepanis	Transliteration C: drepanis	Beta Code: drepani/s

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ (also δραπενίς Hsch.), a kind of

A bird, so called from the shape of its wings, prob. the Alpine swift, Cypselus melba, Arist.HA487b27; = κεγχρίς (κέγχρος cod.), Hsch.

[Seite 666] ίδος, ἡ, die Erd- od. Mauerschwalbe, von ihren sichelförmigen Flügeln, Arist. H. A. 1, 1.

δρεπᾰνίς: -ίδος, ἡ, πτηνὸν οὕτω κληθὲν ἐκ τοῦ σχήματος τῶν πτερύγων αὐτοῦ, ἴσως τὸ πετροχελιδόνι (ἄπους), Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 1. 1. 22.