φοινικόπτερος
From LSJ
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
English (LSJ)
ον,
A red-feathered: as Subst., φ., ὁ, flamingo, Phoenicopterus antiquorum Ar.Av.273 (troch.); also ὄρνις φ. Cratin. 114. II = φοῖνιξ 111.4, Ps.-Dsc.4.43.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1296] mit purpurnen Flügeln; ὄρνις Cratin. bei Ath. IX, 373 d; ὁ φοινικόπτερος, ein rother Wasservogel, Ar. Av. 275, der Flamingo.
