αἰσάλων
From LSJ
Ὅστις γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖσιν ὡς ἐγὼ κακοῖς ζῇ, πῶς ὅδ' Οὐχὶ κατθανὼν κέρδος φέρει; → For one who lives amidst such evils as I do, how could it not be best to die?
English (LSJ)
ωνος, ὁ, a kind of hawk, prob.
A merlin, Falco aesalon, Arist.HA609b8, Plin.HN10.205:—αἰσάρων, Hsch.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
αἰσάλων: -ωνος, ὁ, εἶδος ἱέρακος, ἴσως τὸ «τσιχλοϊέρακον», Λατ. falco aesalon, Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 9. 36, 1.
Spanish (DGE)
-ωνος, ὁ
• Alolema(s): αἰσάρων Hsch.
orn. esmerejón, Falco columbarius L., Arist.HA 609b8, 30, 620a18, Antig.Mir.59, Ael.NA 2.51, Plin.HN 10.205 (cf. ἀϊτάριν).
• Etimología: Se propone un origen no griego, tracio o pelásgico.
