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περιστερά

peristera

common pigeon

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

περιστερά, ἡ, A. common pigeon or dove, Hdt. 1.138, S. Fr. 866, Democr. 164, etc.; specifically, Columba livia domestica, and so distd. from φάψ, φάττα, οἰνάς, τρυγών, Arist. HA 562b5, 593a16 ; ἐλάττων μὲν ἡ πελειάς, τιθασὸν δὲ γίνεται μᾶλλον ἡ π. ib.544b3 : περιστερός, ὁ, cock-pigeon, Pherecr. 33 (of a carrier-pigeon), Alex. 214 ; censured by Luc. Sol. 7.
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