κολοιός
ἀρετὰ γὰρ ἐπαινεομένα δένδρον ὣς ἀέξεται → for virtue that is praised grows like a tree, praised virtue will grow like a tree
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A jackdaw, Corvus monedula, Il.16.583, 17.755, Ar.V. 129, Av.50, al., Thphr.Char.21.6, Sign.39, Arat.963, al., Ael.NA4.30, Dionys.Av.3.18; κραγέται κολοιοί Pi.N.3.82:—Arist.HA617b16 distinguishes three species, κορακίας, λύκος, βωμολόχος (qq.v.): he also mentions a web-footed κολοιός, found in Lydia and Phrygia, which is prob. the little cormorant, Phalacrocorax pygmaeus; cf. Ath.9.395e (citing Ar.Ach.875):—Proverbs: κολοιὸς ποτὶ κολοιόν 'birds of a feather flock together', Arist.EN1155a34, etc.; κολοιὸς ἀλλοτρίοις πτεροῖς ἀγάλλεται 'borrowed plumes', Luc.Apol.4; κύκνον ἡγοῦ τὸν κ. 'your geese are swans', Lib.Ep.42.3; of impudent noisy talkers, πολλοὶ . . σφε κατακρώζουσι κολοιοί Ar.Eq.1020; of Agathocles, Timae.145. (Cf.κολῳός, κολῳάω.)
German (Pape)
[Seite 1474] ὁ, die Dohle; ll. 16, 583. 17, 755; κραγέται Pind. N. 3, 78; Ar. Av. 50; vgl. Arist. H. A. 9, 24; sprichwörtlich, κολοιὸς ἀλλοτρίοις πτεροῖς ἀγάλλεται, die Krähe schmückt sich mit fremden Federn, Luc. Apolog. 4, u. κολοιὸς ποτὶ κολοιόν, od. κολοιὸς παρὰ κολοιόν, Arist. eth. 8, 1 rhet. 1, 11, Gleich u. Gleich gesellt sich gern, wie die Krähen u. Dohlen immer in großen Schaaren ziehen. – Vgl. κολῳός.
