κόκκυξ
kokkyx
cuckoo
Appears 22 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κόκκυξ, ῡγος, ὁ, A. cuckoo, Op. 486, 164, Av. 504, HA 563b14, 618a8; sacred to Hera, 2.17.4; ἐχειροτόνησάν με—κόκκυγές γε τρεῖς, i.e. three fellows who voted over and over again, Ach. 598, cf. κόκκυγες· ἐπὶ ὑπονοηθέντων πλειόνων εἶναι καὶ ὀλίγων ὄντων, ; μῆλον κόκκυγος, = κοκκύμηλον, Fr. 87. 2. stammerer, nickname of Battus, Sch. P. 4.1. II. a sea-fish, piper, Trigla cuculus, said to make a sound like cuckoo, Int. 21, HA 535b18, 598a15, ap. 7.309f, ap. eund.7.324f, H. 1.97. III. = ὄλυνθος, a fig that ripens early, Th. 854. IV. Medic., os coccygis, Onom. 114, 2.762; but τρητὸς κ., = the whole os sacrum, 2.183. V. mark on a horseʼs shoulder, Hippiatr. 14, 26, 115.
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