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Ἡ γλῶσσ' ἁμαρτάνουσα τἀληθῆ λέγει → Inesse linquae veritas lapsae solet → Die Zunge, wenn sie in die Irre geht, spricht wahr

Menander, Monostichoi, 228

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Alcyŏnē: (Halc-), ēs, f., = Ἀλκυόνη,
I a daughter of Æolus, who, from love to her husband Ceyx, who had suffered shipwreck, threw herself into the sea and was changed into a kingfisher (ἀλκυών; v. alcedo), Ov. M. 11, 384; 710 sq.