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1 χελιδών
χελῑδ-ών, όνος, ἡ (even of the male, S.E.M.1.151); but masc., metaph. of men, Ion Trag.33, cf. Hdn.Gr.1.25: voc. χελιδοῖ, as if from a nom. χελιδώ, Anacr.67, Simon.74, Ar.Av. 1411 (anap.), AP9.70 (Mnasalc., withA v.l. χελιδόν, as in Anacreont.9.2 cod.):—swallow, Od.21.411, 22.240, Hes.Op. 568, Hdt.2.22, Democr.14, etc.:πέδοικος χ. A.Fr.53
, cf. Ar.Av. 714 (anap): prov.,μία χ. ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ Cratin.33
(cf. Arist.EN 1098a18);δεῖσθαι δ' ἔοικεν οὐκ ὀλίγων χ. Ar.Av. 1417
, cf. 1681; χ. λευκή, of a rare event, Thphr.Sign.39; the twittering of the swallow was prov. used of barbarous tongues by the Greeks,εἴπερ ἐστὶ μὴ χελιδόνος δίκην ἀγνῶτα φωνὴν βάρβαρον κεκτημένη A.Ag. 1050
: hence ὁ χ., = ὁ βάρβαρος, Ion l.c.;Θρῃκία χ. ἐπὶ βάρβαρον ἑζομένη πέταλον Ar.Ra. 681
(lyr.); χελιδόνων μουσεῖα bowers that ring with poetasters' twitterings, ib.93 (parodied from ἀηδόνων μουσεῖα in E., v. Fr.88).2 metaph. of letters,τῶν σῶν χ. αἱ ἡμέτεραι πλείους Lib.Ep.46.2
.II flying-fish, Dactylopterus volitans, hirondelle de mer, Ephipp.12.5 (anap.), Speus. ap. Ath.7.324f;χ. θαλάττιαι Arist.HA 535b27
.III frog in the hollow of a horse's foot (expld. by Hsch. τὸ κοῖλον τῆς ὁπλῆς), so called from its being forked like the swallow's tail, X.Eq. 1.3, 4.5, 6.2, Poll.1.188.2 the like part of a dog's foot, Suid.4 hollow above the bend of the elbow, Hsch.6 a kind of ship, Suid.7 a Peloponnesian silver coin, Id. ( Χελιδφών as pr.n., IG92(1).86 (Corinthian, found at Thermon); cf. Assyr. hinundu, Lat. hirundo.)Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > χελιδών
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