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|Beta Code=peristera/

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">common pigeon</b> or <b class="b2">dove</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.138</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>866</span>, <span class="bibl">Democr.164</span>, etc.; specifically, <b class="b2">Columba livia domestica</b>, and so distd. from <b class="b3">φάψ, φάττα, οἰνάς, τρυγών</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>562b5</span>, <span class="bibl">593a16</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐλάττων μὲν ἡ πελειάς, τιθασὸν δὲ γίνεται μᾶλλον ἡ π</b>. ib.<span class="bibl">544b3</span> : περιστερός, ὁ, <b class="b2">cock-pigeon</b>, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.33</span> (of a carrier-<b class="b2">pigeon</b>), <span class="bibl">Alex.214</span> ; censured by <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Sol.</span>7</span>.</span>

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