ἐλέα
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
ἡ, perhaps A reed-warbler, Salicaria arundinacea, Arist.HA616b12: ἔλεια, Call.Fr.100c.14; cf. ἐλεᾶς.
German (Pape)
[Seite 793] ἡ, ein Sumpfvogel, Arist. H. A. 9, 16.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἐλέα: ἡ, εἶδος πτηνοῦ, καλαμοδύτης, ζῶν ἐπὶ τῶν καλάμων περὶ τὰ ἕλη, εἶναι δὲ μικρὸν πτηνὸν καὶ ἔχει φωνὴν καλήν, Ἀριστ. π. τὰ Ζ. Ἱστ. 9. 16.
Spanish (DGE)
-ας, ἡ
• Alolema(s): ἔλεια Call.Fr.421
orn. carricero, Acrocephalus arundinaceus L., Arist.HA 616b12, Call.l.c., cf. ἐλεᾶς.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ἐλέα: ἡ элея (предполож. разновидность дрозда) Arst.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: kind of singing-bird, perhaps reed-warbler, Salicaria arundinacea (Arist. HA 616b 13). See Thomson Birds s. v.
Other forms: ἔλεια (Call. Fr. 100c 14), ἐλεᾶς m. (Ar. Av. 302; on the formation Schwyzer 461, Chantr. Form. 31); also ἔλαιος m. (Alex. Mynd. ap. Ath. 2, 65b)
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: Formation and origin unclear. One compares since Fick 1, 365, 2, 42 the Latino-Celtic name of the swan, Lat. olor, OIr. elae, including (Lidén Arkiv f. nord. fil. 13, 30f.) Swed. al(l)a, al-fågel Fuligula glacialis, Pok. 304, Ernout-Meillet and W.-Hofmann s. olor. Prob. Pre-Greek (note ε\/ει\/αι).
Frisk Etymology German
ἐλέα: (Arist. HA 616b 13),
{eléa}
Forms: ἔλεια (Kall. Fr. 100c 14), ἐλεᾶς m. (Ar. Av. 302; zur Bildung Schwyzer 461, Chantraine Formation 31); auch ἔλαιος m. (Alex. Mynd. ap. Ath. 2, 65b)
Grammar: f.
Meaning: Art (Sing)vogel, vielleicht Teichrohrsänger, Salicaria arundinacea, vgl. Thomson Birds s. w.
Etymology : Bildung und Herkunft unklar. Man vergleicht seit Fick 1, 365, 2, 42 den latino-keltischen Namen des Schwans, lat. olor, air. elae, außerdem mit Lidén Arkiv f. nord. fil. 13, 30f. schwed. al(l)a, al-fågel Fuligula glacialis u. a., s. WP. 1, 155, Pok. 304, Ernout-Meillet und W.-Hofmann s. olor mit Lit. und weiteren unsicheren Kombinationen.
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