The corpus record

ἶβις

ibis · ἡ

ibis, white ibis, I. religiosa, black ibis, Plegadis falcinellus

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Where it lives

Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Deuteronomium 1 · 0.45/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Histories 6 · 0.33/10k

What it meant — LSJ

ibis, white ibis, I. religiosa, black ibis, Plegadis falcinellus

ibis, an Egyptian bird, of which there were two species, white ibis, I. religiosa, and black ibis, Plegadis falcinellus, Hdt. 2.75, Ar. Av. 1296, Arist. HA 617b27, etc.; ἰβίων τροφή PPetr. 3p.229 (iii B.C.).

In the wild

ἶβιν · ibin Herodotus, Histories 2.65.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2005)
ἴβις · ibis Herodotus, Histories 2.67.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2020)
ἴβις · ibis Herodotus, Histories 2.75.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2075)
ἶβιν · ibin Herodotus, Histories 2.75.4 (DIORISIS sentence 2076)
ἴβιεςʼ · ibiesʼ Herodotus, Histories 2.76.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2080)
ἴβιος · ibios Herodotus, Histories 2.76.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2078)

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Where it came from

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