περιστερά
peristera
common pigeon
Appears 46 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
περιστερά, ἡ, A. common pigeon or dove, 1.138, Fr. 866, 164, etc.; specifically, Columba livia domestica, and so distd. from φάψ, φάττα, οἰνάς, τρυγών, HA 562b5, 593a16 ; ἐλάττων μὲν ἡ πελειάς, τιθασὸν δὲ γίνεται μᾶλλον ἡ π. ib.544b3 : περιστερός, ὁ, cock-pigeon, 33 (of a carrier-pigeon), 214 ; censured by Sol. 7.
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