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ὅσα δ᾽ ἐπιπλοκὴν ἔχει τοῦ γ εἰς γ λήγει, τρώγλη, αἴγλη, ζεύγλη. τὴν δὲ τρίγλην φησὶν Ἀριστοτέλης τρὶς τίκτειν τοῦ ἔτους ἐν πέμπτῳ μορίων, τεκμαίρεσθαι λέγων τοὺς ἁλιεῖς τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ γόνου τρὶς φαινομένου περί τινας τόπους, μήποτ᾽ οὖν ἐντεῦθέν ἐστι καὶ τὸ τῆς ὀνομασίας, ὡς ἀμίαι ὅτι οὐ κατὰ μίαν φέρονται, ἀλλ᾽ ἀγεληδόν, σκάρος δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ σκαίρειν καὶ καρίς, ἀφύαι δ᾽ ὡς ἂν ἀφυεῖς οὖσαι, τουτέστιν δυσφυεῖς: θύω, θύννος ὁ ὁρμητικός, διὰ τὸ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ κυνὸς ἐπιτολὴν
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