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κικκαβαῦ
κικκᾰβαῦ, onomatop.,
A). cry in imitation of the screech-owl's note, Ar. Av. 261 : κικκάβη, , screech-owl, Sch.adloc.; cf. κικκάμη, noctua, Gloss.:—hence κικκᾰβάζω ( -ίζω Phot. ), shriek like a screech-owl, cj. Dobree for κακκ- in Ar. Lys. 761 .


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a cry in imitation of the screechowl's note, toowhit, toowhoo

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κικκαβαῦ
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κικκαβαῦ
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κικκαβαυ
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κικκᾰβαῦ</span>, onomatop., <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cry in imitation of the screech-owl\'s note</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:261" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:261/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 261 </a>: <span class="orth greek">κικκάβη</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">screech-owl</span>, Sch.adloc.; cf. <span class="orth greek">κικκάμη</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">noctua,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gloss.</span></span>:—hence <span class="orth greek">κικκᾰβάζω</span> ( <span class="quote greek">-ίζω</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phot.</span> </span> ), <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shriek like a screech-owl</span>, cj. Dobree for <span class="itype greek">κακκ</span>- in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:761" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg007.perseus-grc1:761/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 761 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}