πορφυρίων

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ὥστεβίος, ὢν καὶ νῦν χαλεπός, εἰς τὸν χρόνον ἐκεῖνον ἀβίωτος γίγνοιτ' ἂν τὸ παράπαν → and so life, which is hard enough now, would then become absolutely unendurable

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Transliteration A: porphyríōn Transliteration B: porphyriōn Transliteration C: porfyrion Beta Code: porfuri/wn

English (LSJ)

ωνος, ὁ,

   A purple coot or water-hen, Fulica porphyrion, Ar.Av.707, al., Arist.HA509a11, 595a12, LXX Le.11.18, Polem.Hist.59; distd. from the πορφυρίς, Call.Fr. 100c.2.    II a kind of polypus, Artem.2.14.    2 a kind of fish, Hsch.