1. cercēris — Lewis & Short
cercēris,
I a bird living in the water and on land, Varr. L. L. 5, 13, 23 Speng. N. cr. (Müll. § 79, kerkouri/s).
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cercēris
cercēris
a bird living in the water and on land
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What it meant
2. cerceris — Walde–Hofmann
cerceris ,ein im Wasser und auf dem Lande lebender Vogel, von Varro 1.1. 5, 79 als Vorbild von lat. querquedula erwähnt: oflensichtlich verderbt entweder für kepxi8aMg (dem wrach. Vorbild von quödula) oder nach Goetz-Schöll z. St. für wepxrjone, falls diese lossenparaphrase von querquedula (II 319, 13 u. 6.) unverderbt ist; vgl. auch xepxíuv, xepxöpwvog und ähnliche schallnachahmende Vogelnamen unter querguedula. — … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cerceris, p. 234]
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