ἐρῳδιός

• heron, Il. 10.274, Epich. 46, Semon. 9, Ar. Av. 886, Call. Aet. Oxy. 2080.64 [Fr. 43.62 Pf.], Clitarch. 22 J., Ant.Lib. 7.7, etc.:—also ῥῳδιός, Hippon. 63, and ἀρῳδιός (q. v.):—Aristotle mentions three kinds: ὁ πέλλος, prob. common heron, Ardea cinerea; ὁ λευκός, egret, A. alba, gazetta; ὁ ἀστερίας, bittern, A. Stellaris, HA 609b21: the ἐρῳδιός in Il. l.c. (cf. Ael. NA 1.1) was prob. a shearwater. (ἐρωδιός freq. in codd., even in Pap. of Call. l.c. (ii A. D.), but ἐρῳδιός (with ωι and oxyt.) Hdn.Gr. 2.924 and codd. Hom.)

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Perh. the night heron Il. 10.274.

• the heron or hern, Lat. ardea, Il., Ar.