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αἰγωλιός

aigolios

Stix flammea

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What it meant

1. αἰγωλιός · aigōlios — Beekes

αἰγωλιός [m.] a kind of owl, ‘Stix flammea’ (Arist.). eVAR Also αἰγώλιος. *ETYM The reading αἰτώλιος (Arist. HA 563* 31) is wrong, as evidenced by forms from modern southern Italy (agoléo etc.); see Rohlfs ByzZ 37 (1937): 55. Etymology unknown. — [Beekes, s.v. αἰγωλιός, p. 80]

2. αἰγωλιός · aigōlios — Chantraine

αἰγωλιός : ou αἰγώλιος, -ou; m. nom d'une espèce de chouette, p.-ê. stritz flammea, « chevêche », cf. Thompson, Greek Birds s.u. (αἰτώλιος chez Arist. HA 563 a est fautif). ΝΞ τ Ek.: Inconnue. En revanche on sait que le mot a survécu dans le grec de l’Italie Méridionale sous la forme agoléo (Rolls, Historische Gr. der unierital. Gräzität 25). — [Chantraine, s.v. αἰγωλιός, p. 45]

3. αἰγωλιός · aigōlios — Frisk

αἰγωλιός oder αἰγώλιος m. N. einer Eulenart (Arist. u.a.). Daß die Lesart αἰτώλιος (Arist. HA 563° 31) unrichtig ist, geht aus den heutigen unteritalischen Formen agoleo usw. vor; Rohlfs ByzZ 37, 55. — Etymologie unbekannt. Vgl. Thompson Birds s. v. — [Frisk, s.v. αἰγωλιός, p. 63]

4. αἰγωλιός · aigōlios — LSJ

owl, Strix flammea

a small kind of owl, perh. Strix flammea, Arist. HA 592b11, 609a27, Ant.Lib. 19.3; f.l. αἰτώλιος, Arist. HA 563a31.

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