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κίρκος

κίρκος, hawk

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κίρκοι Noun: masculine nominative plural, Noun: masculine vocative plural of κίρκος

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κίρκος, ὁ,
  • a kind of hawk or falcon, ἴρηξ κίρκος (where ἴρηξ is the generic term, κίρκος the specific), Od. 13.87, cf. Il. 22.139, A. Pr. 857, Arist. HA 620a18, Opp. C. 1.64; κίρκου λεπάργου A. Fr. 304.5. (The species cannot be identified.)
    • II a kind of wolf, Opp. C. 3.304.
    • III circle, mostly in form κρίκος (q.v.): hence, ring, IG 11 (2).161B 49 (Delos, iii B.C.): poet. for Prose κρίκος acc. to Poll. 1.94:—neut. pl. κίρκα ἢ καταδέσματα PMag.Lond. 121.299.
    • IV later, = Lat. circus, Plb. 30.22.2, Arr. Epict. 3.16.14, Plu. Aem. 32.
    • V unknown stone, Plin. HN 37.153.
    • VI = κωπηλάτης, Hsch., Phot.
    • VII = ἡ τοῦ αἰγείρου βλάστησις, Hsch.

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