coturnix

cō̆turnix (ō, * Lucr. 4, 641; ŏ, Ov. Am. 2, 6, 27; Juv. 12, 97), īcis, f. [a sono vocis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 37, 4 Müll.],

• a quail, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 64 sq.; Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 6 (1003); Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 7 al.—As a term of endearment, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 76 (666).

coturnīx, nīcis, Genet. Plur. nīcum, f., die Wachtel, Plaut. capt. 1003. Lucr. 4, 639 (wo cod. archet. cocturnicibus), Varro r. r. 3, 5, 7. Ov. am. 2, 6, 27. Quint. 5, 9, 13. Lact. 4, 10, 10. Vulg. exod. 16, 13 u. ö. Edict. Diocl. 4, 41. – als Liebkosungswort, Plaut. asin. 666.

coturnix [CL] , quail. b moorhen or curlew. ~ix ærschen Ælf. Gl.; ~ices hic plurimi Gir. TH I 14; ~ices sunt quedam avicule quas Greci ortigias vocant [cf. Isid. Etym. XII 7. 64] Bart. Angl. XII 8; navigavimus ‥ per portum de Quayl [Porto Quaglio, Greece], ubi tot ~ices sive quaylis reperiuntur quod communiter xviij pro uno veneto grosso venduntur S. Sim. Itin. 19; 1386 licenciam ‥ capiendi ‥ phasianos, perdices, pluveros, conturnices, alaudas et quascumque alias aves de warenna Pat 321 m. 38 (cf. (v. avis 1c)); coturnix, i. quaile SB 16; Upton 180 (v. cursorius 2c).  b 14‥ hic ~ix A. morehene ‥, hic conturnix, a kyrlewe WW; curlewe, ~ix, ortix Grecum est CathA.

cŏturnīx, (14) īcis, f. , caille : Varro R. 3, 5, 7 ; Lucr. 4, 641 || terme de caresse : Pl. As. 666.

coturnix , icis. f.
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coturnīx īcis, f

• a quail, O., Iu.