1. ἀλκυών · alkyōn — Beekes
kingfisher, Alcedo ispida
The corpus record
ἀλκυών
alkuon
kingfisher, Alcedo ispida
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Birds 2 · 1.88/10k
- Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
- Frogs 1 · 1.1/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k
- Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k
Senses
2. ἀλκυών · alkyōn — Chantraine
on peut. identifier comme l
3. ᾿Αλκυῶν · ᾿Alkyōn — Chantraine
après l
4. ἀλκυών · alkyōn — Frisk
ds. (A.R.), ἀλκυονίδες (ἡμέρα)
5. ἀλκυών · alkyōn — LSJ
kingfisher, Alcedo ispida
Attestations
- ἀλκυόνος · alkyonos Iliad 9.563
- ἀλκυών · alkyōn Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 1 (DIORISIS sentence 662)
- Ἀλκυὼν · Alkyōn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2684)
- ἀλκυόνεσσι · alkyonessi Aristophanes, Birds 250 (DIORISIS sentence 214)
- ἀλκυών · alkyōn Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 261)
- ἀλκυόνες · alkyones Aristophanes, Frogs 1309–1312
Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan p. 118; entry #377 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 76-77; entry #395 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 105; entry #366 Review: Under source audit
The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.
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