ortygometra
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
Latin > English
ortygometra ortygometrae N F :: bird (migrates with quail); corncrake/landrail; quail (L+S); quail-leader
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ortygŏmētra: ae, f., = ὀρτυγομήτρα,
I quail-mother, a bird that leads the quails in their migrations across the sea, the landrail: ortygometrā duce, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 66.—
II Transf., a quail, Tert. adv. Psych. 16; Vulg. Sap. 16, 2; 19, 12.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ortўgŏmētra, æ, f. (ὀρτυγομήτρα), râle ou roi des cailles [oiseau] : Plin. 10, 66 || caille : Tert. Jejun. 16.
Latin > German (Georges)
ortygomētra, ae, f. (ὀρθυγομήτρα), I) eig. die »Wachtelmutter«, ein Vogel, der die Wachteln anführt, wenn sie übers Meer ziehen, unser Wachtelkönig, Plin. 10, 66. Solin. 11, 22. – II) die Wachtel, Tert. adv. psych. 16. Arnob. in psalm. 104.
