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alcedo

alcedo · f

the kingfisher

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Where it lives

Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k

What it meant

1. alcēdo — Lewis & Short

alcēdo (halc-), ĭnis, later † alcyon (halc-), ĭnis, f., = a)lkuw/n [O. H. Germ. alacra; the forms halcedo, halcyon arose from a fancied connection with a(/ls = the sea],

I the kingfisher, halcyon: Alcedo hispida, Linn.: Alcedo dicebatur ab antiquis pro alcyone, Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.: haec avis nunc Graece dicitur a(lkuw/n, a nostris halcedo; sed hieme quod pullos dicitur tranquillo mari facere, eos dies halcyonios appellant (Gr. a(lkuoni/des h(me/rai, Aristoph. Av. 1594 Bergk), halcyon-days, Varr. L. L. 7, § 88 Müll.; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 142; cf. Plin. 10, 32, 47.

2. alcédo — Walde–Hofmann

alcédo, inis f. „Eisvogel* {seit Plaut, rom. nur aleyön): aus gr. — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. alcédo, p. 59]

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