porphyrio

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Οὗτος Ἰουστῖνον καὶ Νεοβιγάστην στρατηγοὺς προβαλόμενος, καὶ τὰς Βρεττανίας ἐάσας, περαιοῦται ἅμα τῶν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Βονωνίαν → He appointed Justinus and Neovigastes as generals, and leaving Britain, crossed with his forces to Bononia.(Olympiodorus/Photius)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

porphyrĭo: ōnis, m., = πορφυρίων>,
I a species of water-fowl, the sultana-hen, porphyrton (Fulica porphyrio, Linn.), Plin. 10, 16, 63, § 129; Vulg. Lev. 11, 18.