μετεωροθήρας

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κακοὶ μάρτυρες ἀνθρώποισιν ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ ὦτα βαρβάρους ψυχὰς ἐχόντων → eyes and ears are poor witnesses for men if their souls do not understand the language (Heraclitus Phil.: Fr. B 107; Testimonia: Fragment 16, line 6)

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Transliteration A: meteōrothḗras Transliteration B: meteōrothēras Transliteration C: meteorothiras Beta Code: metewroqh/ras

English (LSJ)

ου, ὁ,

   A one that hunts high in air, epith. of a hawk, Arist.HA620a30 (pl.): metaph., of philosophers, Ph.1.674 (pl.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 159] ὁ, in der Höhe, in der Luft jagend, von Vögeln, Arist. H. A. 9, 36.

Greek Monolingual

μετεωροθήρας και μετεωρόθηρος, ὁ (Α)
1. (για το γεράκι) αυτός που θηρεύει ψηλά στον αέρα
2. μτφ. (για φιλοσόφους) αυτός που κυνηγά υψηλές ιδέες.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < μετέωρος + -θήρας (< θήρα «κυνήγι»), πρβλ. ορνιθο-θήρας, χρυσο-θήρας].