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|Definition=ἡ, gen. <b class="b3">κρεκός</b>, a long-legged bird, perh. <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">corn-crake, Rallus crex</b>, or [[ruff]], [[Machetes pugnax]], <b class="b3">τούτους</b> (sc. <b class="b3">λίθους</b>) ἐτύκιζον αἱ κρέκες τοῖς ῥύγχεσιν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1138</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>695a22</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>4.5</span>; sacred to Athena, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>3.5</span>; [ἡ ἶβις] μέγαθος ὅσον κ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.76</span>; a name of ill omen to the newly-married, <span class="bibl">Euph.4</span>: hence <b class="b3">δισάρπαγος κρέξ</b>, of Helen, Lyc.513. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> metaph., | |Definition=ἡ, gen. <b class="b3">κρεκός</b>, a long-legged bird, perh. <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">corn-crake, Rallus crex</b>, or [[ruff]], [[Machetes pugnax]], <b class="b3">τούτους</b> (sc. <b class="b3">λίθους</b>) ἐτύκιζον αἱ κρέκες τοῖς ῥύγχεσιν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1138</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>695a22</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>4.5</span>; sacred to Athena, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>3.5</span>; [ἡ ἶβις] μέγαθος ὅσον κ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.76</span>; a name of ill omen to the newly-married, <span class="bibl">Euph.4</span>: hence <b class="b3">δισάρπαγος κρέξ</b>, of Helen, Lyc.513. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[noisy braggart]], <span class="bibl">Eup. 423</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> [[hair]], Hsch., Suid.: acc. κρέκαν <span class="bibl">Eust.1528.18</span>.</span> | ||
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|etymtx=κρεκός<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">name of a long-legged bird, perhaps the ruff, Machetes pugnax, or the corn-crake, Rallus</b> crex (Hdt., Ar., Arist.), also metaph. of | |etymtx=κρεκός<br />Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">name of a long-legged bird, perhaps the ruff, Machetes pugnax, or the corn-crake, Rallus</b> crex (Hdt., Ar., Arist.), also metaph. of [[a noisy]] braggart (Eup.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [568] <b class="b2">*kerk-</b> [[birds]]<br />Etymology: As the identification of the bird is uncertain (s. Thompson Birds s. v.), all etymologies are hypothetical. Onomatopoetic origin is open; one compares other bird names as Skt. <b class="b2">kr̥kara-</b> <b class="b2">kind of partridge</b>, MIr. [[cercc]] [[hen]], OPr. [[kerko]] [[diver]], Russ. <b class="b2">kréčet</b> [[gerfalcon]] (Pok. 568; see also Borgström NTS 16, 142). - Further <b class="b3">κερκάς κρεξ τὸ ὄρνεον</b>, <b class="b3">κερκιθαλίς ἐρῳδιός</b> (cf. <b class="b3">αἰγίθαλος</b>), <b class="b3">κέρκος ἀλεκτρυών</b> H.; also <b class="b3">κέρκνος ἱέραξ η ἀλεκρυών</b> H., and <b class="b3">κέρκαξ ἱέραξ</b> H. (On confusion with [[κέρκος]] [[tail of an animal]] (s. v.) nothing can be said. | ||
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