monedula

mŏnēdŭla, ae, f.,

• a jackdaw, daw, Corvus monedula, Linn.: examina graculorum monedularum, cui soli avi furacitas auri argentique praecipue mira est, Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 77; 17, 14, 22, § 99. Acc. to the myth, the nymph Arne was turned into a daw, for having betrayed her country for gold, Ov. M. 7, 465 sq.—Prov.: non plus aurum tibi quam monedulae committebant, Cic. Fl. 31, 76.—As a term of endearment, Plaut. As. 3, 3, 103 (693); cf. id. Capt. 5, 4, 5 (1002).

monēdula, ae, f., die Dohle (Corvus monedula, L.), Plin. 10, 77 u. 17, 99. Ov. met. 7, 468. – sprichw., non plus aurum alci quam monedulae committere, Cic. Flacc. 76. – als Liebkosungswort, Plaut. asin. 694. – ➳ arch. Nbf. monerula, Plaut. asin. 694; capt. 1002; aber truc. 501 Sch. ganz unsicher.

monedula [CL] , jackdaw, chough. nomina avium: ‥ gracculus vel ~a, ceo Ælf. Gl. 132; D. Bec. 2211 (v. ciconia 1a); lasciva monedula fando Hanv. IX 427; hec ~a, -e, i. avis quedam que alio modo cava dicitur Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 352; omnes undique corvi, cornices et ~e a cunctis Ytalie partibus Gir. TH II 28 p. 114; hanc proditionis sue penam recepit quod in avem ~am fuit mutata Natura Deorum 115; sed et hoc mirabile simul cum terrae motu contigit, quod columbe, ~e, passeres ‥ avolabant M. Par. Maj. V 187; hec ~a, chaue Gl. AN Glasg. f. 21vc; ~a, G. choue, A. ko Garl. Unus f. 166; nomina avium fferorum: ‥ ~a, a roke WW.

mŏnēdŭla, (14) æ, f. , choucas [oiseau] : Cic. Fl. 76 ; Plin. 10, 77 || terme de caresse : Pl. Capt. 1002.

monedula , ae. f.
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monēdula ae, f

• a jackdaw, daw, O.—Prov.: non plus aurum tibi quam monedulae committere.