graculus

grācŭlus (gracc-), i, m. [from its note gra gra, Quint. 1, 6, 37; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 45],

• a jackdaw, Corvus monedula, Linn.; Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 201; 11, 47, 107, § 256; 8, 27, 41, § 101; Phaedr. 1, 3, 4; Mart. 1, 116, 6. —
• • • • b Prov.
      • • α Vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignorant persons have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—
        • β Graculus Aesopi, i. e. one who decks himself out in borrowed plumes, makes a fine show with other people's property, Tert. adv. Val. 12 (cf. Phaedr. 1, 3).

graculus, ī, m. = κολοιός (Gloss.), die Dohle (Corvus monedula, L.), Phaedr. 1, 3. v. 4 u. 9. Plin. 8, 101. Quint. 1, 6, 37. Mart. 1, 115, 5. Suet. fr. 161. p. 252, 1 R.: gr. Aesopi, Tert. adv. Valent. 12. – Sprichw., nihil cum fidibus graculo, die Dohle versteht nichts von Musik u. Poesie, Gell. praef. § 19. – ➳ gragulus, Varro r. r. 3, 16, 4; LL. 5, 76; vgl. Charis. 57, 19.

graculus [CL] , jackdaw, crow, rook, or sim.. b jay. Cf. garrulus 3C. [nec] garrulus ‥ vilescit graculus ater / qui segetum glumas ‥ / depopulare studet Aldh. VirgV 224; 751 (v. 1 cornicula); †grallus, hrooc GlC G 154; 9‥ grauculus, hroc WW; gracculus vel garrulus, hroc Ælf. Gl. 132; ~us vel monedula, ceo WW; 11‥ †grallius, roc WW Sup. 150; capio ‥ ~os et alaudas et parraces Ælf. Bata 6 p. 85; dampnacio ‥ eorum non plus valet quam vox ~i Wycl. Blasph. 252.  b turdula prompta loqui, facundo gracculus ore Hanv. IX 428; quidam ~us, A. gay, qui vulgariter vocatur Watte Gower VC I cap. 9 tit. (cf. ib. 681: graculus unus erat edoctus in arte loquendi); ~us, a jaye, ‥ jay; ‥ nomina volatilium incomestilium: ‥ hic ~us, A. a jaye ‥ hic †gratulus, a jay WW.

grācŭlus (16) (grag-), ī, m. , choucas [oiseau] : Phædr. 1, 3, 4 ; Plin. 8, 101 ; 11, 201.

graculus , i. m.
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grāculus ī, m

• a jackdaw, Ph.