ciris

Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.

Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus, 1280-4

Latin > English

ciris ciris N F :: mythical bird into which Scylla daughter of Nisus was changed; bird; fish

cīris: is, f., = κεῖρις,
I a bird (acc. to Hyg. Fab. 198, a fish = κίρρις, Etym. M.), into which Scylla, the daughter of Nisus, was changed, Ov. M. 8, 151; Verg. Cir. 488 sq.

cīris, is, f. (κεῖρις), l’aigrette [oiseau] : Ov. M. 8, 151 || titre d’un petit poème attribué jadis à Virgile.

cīris, is, f. (κειρις), ein Meervogel, in den Scylla, die Tochter des Nisus, verwandelt worden war, Ov. met. 8, 151. Ps. Verg. cir. 488 sq.

ciris, is. f. :: 山麻鵲