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ciconia

stork

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What it meant

1. ciconia — de Vaan

ciconia 'stork' [f. a] (P1.+) Derivatives: conea 'stork' (PL True. : 'Praenestinis conea est ciconia9). Cannot be connected with canire 'to sing', unless via *kph2n-. But I doubt that anyone would refer to the bill-clattering of a stork as 'singing' - unless in a very ironic way. The reduplication is probably part of the onomatopoeic formation, as in cicada. Bibl.: WH I: 212, EM 119, IEW 525f, Leumann 1977: 382. -> … — [de Vaan, s.v. ciconia, p. 127]

2. cĭcōnĭa — Lewis & Short

cĭcōnĭa, ae, f.,

I a stork, Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Hor. S. 2, 2, 49; Ov. M. 6, 97; Juv. 14, 74 al.; at Praeneste called conia, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 23.—

II Meton.

A A derisory bending of the fingers in the form of a stork's bill, Pers. 1, 58; Hier. prol. in Sophon. Ep. 125, n. 18.—

B An implement in the form of a T, used by rustics to measure the depth of furrows, Col. 3, 13, 11.—

C A transverse pole, moving upon a perpendicular post, for drawing water, etc. (syn. tolleno), Isid. Orig. 20, 15, 3.

3. cicönia — Walde–Hofmann

cicönia, -ae f. (praen. cönea Plaut. Truc. 691, wohl haplologisch, s. Niedermann Synb. gr. Rozwadowski I 110! gegen Ernout MSL. 13, 20) „Storch“, übtr. „Richtscheit, Wasserheber, Brunnenschwengel* (Sofer Isid. 128; seit Plaut., rom.): unsicherer Herkunft; vl. nach Niedermann Festg. Kägı 80! wie cicäda Lw. aus einer Mittelmeersprache oder ev. nach Thurneysen Thes. aus dem Etrusk, vgl. etr. Cicu, Cieunia (Schulze EN. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cicönia, p. 244]

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. ciconia (scan p. 127; entry #267).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cicönia (scan pp. 244-246; entry #639). Root candidates: *gönes-, *gout-, *gut-.

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