φήνη

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τὸν ἰητρὸν δοκέει μοι ἄριστον εἶναι πρόνοιαν ἐπιτηδεύειν → it appears to me a most excellent thing for the physician to cultivate prognosis

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Transliteration A: phḗnē Transliteration B: phēnē Transliteration C: fini Beta Code: fh/nh

English (LSJ)

ἡ, a kind of

   A vulture, perh. lammergeyer, Gypaëtus barbatus, φῆναι ἢ αἰγυπιοί Od.16.217, cf. 3.372, Ar.Av.304, Arist.HA592b5, 619b23, cf. φίνις; sacred to Athena, Ael.NA12.4.