Birds

The words most alive here

When one word holds both the bird and the omen, is the sign something the bird carries — or something the watcher lays upon it?

• οὗτος · houtos 186
• τίς · tis 157
• ὄρνις · ornis 89
• ὦ · ō 83
• λέγω · legō 64
• θεός · theos 60
• ὅδε · hode 59
• ἔχω · echō 55
• ὡς · hōs 53
• Δίη · Diē 50
• πρότερος · proteros 40
• λαμβάνω · lambanō 38

By how often they stand in this work, the commonest particles set aside. Each opens onto its own word.

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  Aristophanes, Birds 1.1190 (DIORISIS sentence 876)

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  Aristophanes, Birds 1.1200 (DIORISIS sentence 880)

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  Aristophanes, Birds 1.1200 (DIORISIS sentence 881)

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  Aristophanes, Birds 1.1205 (DIORISIS sentence 891)

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  Aristophanes, Birds 1.1210 (DIORISIS sentence 898)

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  Aristophanes, Birds 1.1220 (DIORISIS sentence 910)

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