ἐρίθακος

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κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)

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Full diacritics: ἐρίθᾰκος Medium diacritics: ἐρίθακος Low diacritics: ερίθακος Capitals: ΕΡΙΘΑΚΟΣ
Transliteration A: eríthakos Transliteration B: erithakos Transliteration C: erithakos Beta Code: e)ri/qakos

English (LSJ)

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   A robin-redbreast, Erithacus rubecula, Arist.HA592b22, Gp.15.1.22, etc.; cf. ἐριθεύς, ἐρίθυλος:—the bird described as imitative by Porph.Abst.3.4 must be different.