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ὀλολυγών

ὀλολυγών, animal

ὀλολῡγ-ών, όνος, ἡ,
  • croaking of the male frog, Arist. HA 536a11, Ael. NA 9.13; note of water-creatures, ib. 6.19.
    • II in Theoc. 7.139, Arat. 948, an unknown animal, evidently named from its note: some take it for a small owl, others for a singing bird, others again for the tree-frog; cf. Eub. 104, Thphr. Sign. 42, AP 5.291.5 (Agath.).

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