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χελιδών
χελιδών .χελῑδών, όνος, ἡ, the swallow, Od., etc.:— the twittering of the swallow was proverbially used of barbarous tongues by the Greeks, Aesch.; χελιδόνων μουσεῖα (v. μουσεῖον) : proverbs also, μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ Arist. the frog in a horseʼs foot, so called from its being forked like the swallowʼs tail, Xen.

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the swallow

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χελιδών
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χελιδών
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χελιδων
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χελιδών .χελῑδών, όνος, ἡ, the swallow, Od., etc.:— the twittering of the swallow was proverbially used of barbarous tongues by the Greeks, Aesch.; χελιδόνων μουσεῖα (v. μουσεῖον) : proverbs also, μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ Arist. the frog in a horseʼs foot, so called from its being forked like the swallowʼs tail, Xen.
IDX:
35651
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n35691
Key:
xelidw/n

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