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ἐλεά·

elea

reed warbler, Salicaria arundinacea

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What it meant

1. ἐλέα · elea — Beekes

ἐλέα [f.] kind of singing bird, perhaps ‘reed warbler, Salicaria arundinacea’ (Arist. HA 616b 13). See Thompson 1895 s.v. 4PG?> eVAR ἔλεια (Call. Fr. 100c 14), ἐλεᾶς [m.] (Ar. Av. 302; on the formation Schwyzer: 461, Chantraine 1933: 31); also ἔλαιος [m.] (Alex. Mynd. apud Ath. 2, 650). *ETYM Formation and origin unclear. Compared with the Italo-Celtic name of the swan, Lat. olor, Olt. elae, as well as MoSw. al()a, … — [Beekes, s.v. ἐλέα, p. 451]

2. ἐλέα · elea — Chantraine

ἐλέα : f. oiseau chanteur qui vit dans les roseaux, p-ê. la Salicaria arundinacea (Arist., Ha 616 b) ; doublets : ἐλεία (Call, Fr. 421) et ἐλεᾶς τὰ. (Ar., Ois. 302), avec le suffixe -äc de sobriquets, cf. ἐλασᾶς, etc.; en revanche ἔλαιος m. (Alex. Mynd. ap. Ath. 2,65 b) peut très bien désigner un autre oiseau et la forme est, de toute façon, gâtée. Sur l'identification de 1᾿ἐλέα, voir Thompson, Birds 5.1. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἐλέα, p. 348]

3. ἐλέα · elea — Frisk

ἐλέα f. (Arist. HA 616b13), ἔλεια (Kall. Fr. 100c 14), ἐλεᾶς m. (Ar. Av. 302; zur Bildung Schwyzer 461, Chantraine For486 ἐλέατρος --ἐλέγχω mation 31); auch ἔλαιος m. (Alex. Mynd. ap. Ath. 2, 65b) Art (Sing)vogel, vielleicht “Teichrohrsänger, Salicaria arundinacea’, vgl. Thomson Birds 5. w. Bildung und Herkunft unklar. Man vergleicht seit Fick 1, 365, 2, 42 den latino-keltischen Namen des Schwans, lat. olor, air. … — [Frisk, s.v. ἐλέα, p. 517]

4. ἔλέα · elea — Frisk

ἔλέα. Anschluß an ἕλος (Chantr. als Vermutung) ist gewiß möglich. — [Frisk, s.v. ἔλέα, p. 2211]

5. ἐλεά· · elea· — LSJ

6. ἐλέα · elea — LSJ

reed-warbler, Salicaria arundinacea

perh. reed-warbler, Salicaria arundinacea, Arist. HA 616b12: ἔλεια, Call. Fr. 100c. 14; cf. ἐλεᾶς.

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