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porphirio

From LSJ

Ποιητὴς, ὁπόταν ἐν τῷ τρίποδι τῆς Μούσης καθίζηται, τότε οὐκ ἔμφρων ἐστίν → Whenever a poet is seated on the Muses' tripod, he is not in his senses

Plato, Laws, 719c

Latin > English

porphirio porphirionis N M :: kind of watefowl, purple gallinule; prophyrio, purple coot, water-hen (OED)