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περιστερά

περιστερά, the common pigeon

περιστερ-ά, ἡ,
  • common pigeon or dove, Hdt. 1.138, S. Fr. 866, Democr. 164, etc.; specifically, Columba livia domestica, and so distd. from φάψ, φάττα, οἰνάς, τρυγών, Arist. HA 562b5, 593a16; ἐλάττων μὲν ἡ πελειάς, τιθασὸν δὲ γίνεται μᾶλλον ἡ π. ib. 544b3: περιστερός, ὁ, cock-pigeon, Pherecr. 33 (of a carrier-pigeon), Alex. 214; censured by Luc. Sol. 7.

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