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λεπτό-ραμφος

leptoramphos

krummes Messer

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What it meant

1. λεπτό-ραμφος · lepto-ramphos — Frisk

λεπτό-ραμφος “mit dünnem Schnabel’ (Paul. Aeg.); ῥαμφὴή f. ‘krummes Messer’ (Plb., H.). Von ῥάμφος : ῥάμφ-ιον τι. Demin. (Sch.), -fs, -ἔδος f. "krummer Haken’ (Hero), auch = νεὼς εἶδος H. (vgl. κορωνίς), -ἰος = πελεκανός (Kyran.), -ὦδης ‘schnabelähnlich’ (Philostr.), -norat‘ ἰχϑῦς ποιοί H. (Strömberg Fischnamen 43), -adouaı “mit dem Schnabel stoßen’ (H., Phot.). Frisk, Griech. etym. Wörterbuch 41 642 ῥανίς--ὁαπίζω … — [Frisk, s.v. λεπτό-ραμφος, p. 1613]

2. λεπτό-ραμφος · lepto-ramphos — LSJ

having a slender bill

having a slender bill, στρουθίον Paul.Aeg. 3.45.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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