1. ā^crēdŭla — Lewis & Short
ā^crēdŭla, ae, f.,
I the name of an unknown bird, by which Cic. translates the o)lolugw/n of Aratus, Div. 1, 8, 14; acc. to some, the thrush or the owl, Auct. Carm. Phil. 15.
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ā^crēdŭla
ā^crēdŭla · f
the name of an unknown bird
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What it meant
2. acrédula — Walde–Hofmann
acrédula, -ae f. (Cic. progn. frg. 6, Anth.) = „sAoAuyıbv, Vogel unbestimmter Gattung (Sumpfrohrsánger?), kaum Froschart* (agr- Isid. volksetymologisch nach ager; s. Harder Cl. 12, 137 f., Sofer Cl. 17, 11£) Vorderglied unklar; kaum acer „schrill, kreischend*, jedenfalls nicht äxpig ,Heuschrecke* (*acrid-edula, Harder a. O. 144); Hinterled édula wie in fic-. mon-, nit-, querqu-édula (s. d), wahrsch. Weiterbildung … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. acrédula, p. 42]
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