Ornis

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Ornis gallina.


Apparatus:

This entry is not rubricated in ms. e but is added on to a previous entry Orminis; it is however marked as different by being preceded by "//".

Ornis AC ef | Ornix uel ornis B

gallina AC e | galina f | galina gŕ. B


Translation:

Ornis is Greek for Latin gallina "hen".


Commentary:

óρνις /órnis/ "bird; hen" (in Attic mostly) "cockerel".


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