ὁλόπτερος

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ὅπου ἡ λεοντῆ μὴ ἐφικνεῖται, προσραπτέον ἐκεῖ τὴν ἀλωπεκῆν → if a lionskin doesn't do the trick, put on the fox | if force doesn't work, try cunning | where the lion's skin will not reach, it must be patched out with the fox's

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Transliteration A: holópteros Transliteration B: holopteros Transliteration C: olopteros Beta Code: o(lo/pteros

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A with whole (i. e. undivided) wings, a generic name of insects such as bees, wasps, etc., opp. σχιζόπτερα, Arist. AP0.96b39, cf. PA692b13,IA709b30,713a4.

German (Pape)

[Seite 326] mit ganzen Flügeln; τὰ ὁλόπτερα heißen die Insekten mit ungespaltenen Flügeln, wie Bienen, im Ggstz der σχιζόπτερα, Arist. part. an. 4, 12 incess. anim. 15 u. öfter.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὁλόπτερος: -ον, ὁ ἔχων ὁλόκληρα πτερά· ὁλόπτερα καλοῦνται γένος ἐντόμων ἐχόντων ἀδιαιρέτους πτέρυγας, οἷον αἱ μέλισσαι, σφῆκες, κλ· ἐν ἀντιθέσει πρὸς τὰ σχιζόπτερα, Ἀριστ. π. Ζ. Μορ. 4. 12, 3, περὶ Ζῴων Πορ. 10. 4., 15, 5, κ. ἀλλ.