The fundamental words of the Greek language [with Engl. transl.] adapted to the memory ... by means of derivations and derivatives [&c.].Whittaker, 1826 |
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... bird of prey , derived fr . at , to fly or rush impetuously , ' Pkh . Hence , whether we choose a Greek or a Hebrew deri- vation , the eagle will seem to be called in Greek from its impetuosity . 7 L. supposes it the same as a - dovλos ...
... bird of prey , derived fr . at , to fly or rush impetuously , ' Pkh . Hence , whether we choose a Greek or a Hebrew deri- vation , the eagle will seem to be called in Greek from its impetuosity . 7 L. supposes it the same as a - dovλos ...
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... bird called the goat- sucker . 13 - Fr . the same root as Oŋλá- 2 14 * Aiyos : a very little bird known to us only by its name , Fac . aiyi- , mos high , applied to a rock which even the GOATS LEAVE unclimbed . - Fr . ait , aiyòs , and ...
... bird called the goat- sucker . 13 - Fr . the same root as Oŋλá- 2 14 * Aiyos : a very little bird known to us only by its name , Fac . aiyi- , mos high , applied to a rock which even the GOATS LEAVE unclimbed . - Fr . ait , aiyòs , and ...
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... bird ; a thistle , car- duus . Littoraque halcyonem reso- nant , acalanthida dumi , ' Virg . Some Mss . , says Fac . , read et acanthida , ' but in the same sense . See ἀκανθίς åkaλý¸n : a nettle ; the nettle - fish . —Fr . τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ...
... bird ; a thistle , car- duus . Littoraque halcyonem reso- nant , acalanthida dumi , ' Virg . Some Mss . , says Fac . , read et acanthida , ' but in the same sense . See ἀκανθίς åkaλý¸n : a nettle ; the nettle - fish . —Fr . τὸ μὴ ἔχειν ...
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... bird , of which it is said that she breeds in the sea , and that there is always a calm during her incubation , T. Hence halcyon days Bl . 9 5ο κυλίνδω from κυλίω . 10 Others fr . aλs , aλòs , the sea . Homer gives the sea the epithet ...
... bird , of which it is said that she breeds in the sea , and that there is always a calm during her incubation , T. Hence halcyon days Bl . 9 5ο κυλίνδω from κυλίω . 10 Others fr . aλs , aλòs , the sea . Homer gives the sea the epithet ...
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... bird , the king of birds , the one black , the other WHITE be- hind . ( See ȧpyós . ) Possibly this may be the meaning of the same word in ¯schines ; but Harpocration informs us that some understood it of a ser- pent , others of a ...
... bird , the king of birds , the one black , the other WHITE be- hind . ( See ȧpyós . ) Possibly this may be the meaning of the same word in ¯schines ; but Harpocration informs us that some understood it of a ser- pent , others of a ...
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