πελεκᾶς
From LSJ
πᾶσά τε ἐπιστήμη χωριζομένη δικαιοσύνης καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ἀρετῆς πανουργία, οὐ σοφία φαίνεται → every knowledge, when separated from justice and the other virtues, ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom | every form of knowledge when sundered from justice and the rest of virtue is seen to be plain roguery rather than wisdom
English (LSJ)
ᾶντος, ὁ,
A woodpecker, as if joiner-bird (from πελεκάω), Ar. Av.884, 1155.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πελεκᾶς: -ᾶντος, ὁ, ὁ δρυοκολάπτης ἢ «ξυλοφαγᾶς», οἰονεὶ ὁ ξυλουργὸς (ἐκ τοῦ πελεκάω), Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 884, πρβλ. 1155, 1157.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ᾶντος (ὁ) :
pivert, oiseau, ou pê c. πελεκάν.
Étymologie: πελεκάω.
