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κολοιός

κολοιός, a jackdaw, daw

κολοιός, ὁ,
  • jackdaw, Corvus monedula, Il. 16.583, 17.755, Ar. V. 129, Av. 50, al., Thphr. Char. 21.6, Sign. 39, Arat. 963, al., Ael. NA 4.30, Dionys. Av. 3.18; κραγέται κολοιοί Pi. N. 3.82:—Arist. HA 617b16 distinguishes three species, κορακίας, λύκος, βωμολόχος (qq.v.): he also mentions a web-footed κολοιός, found in Lydia and Phrygia, which is prob. the little cormorant, Phalacrocorax pygmaeus; cf. Ath. 9.395e (citing Ar. Ach. 875):—Proverbs: κολοιὸς ποτὶ κολοιόν ‘birds of a feather flock together’, Arist. EN 1155a34, etc.; κολοιὸς ἀλλοτρίοις πτεροῖς ἀγάλλεται ‘borrowed plumes’, Luc. Apol. 4; κύκνον ἡγοῦ τὸν κ. ‘your geese are swans’, Lib. Ep. 42.3; of impudent noisy talkers, πολλοὶ . . σφε κατακρώζουσι κολοιοί Ar. Eq. 1020; of Agathocles, Timae. 145. (Cf. κολῳός, κολῳάω.)

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