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‘ ἀναφέρει πτερά.’ Καλλίμαχος δέ φησι δύο γένη εἶναι σκωπῶν καὶ τοὺς μὲν φθέγγεσθαι, τοὺς δὲ οὔ. διὸ καὶ καλεῖσθαι τοὺς μὲν σκῶπας αὐτῶν, τοὺς δ᾽ ἀείσκωπας: εἰσὶ δὲ γλαυκοί, ὁ δὲ Μύνδιος Ἀλέξανδρός φησι τοὺς παρ᾽ Ὁμήρῳ χωρὶς τοῦ ς κῶπας εἶναι, καὶ Ἀριστοτέλη οὕτως αὐτοὺς ὠνομακέναι. φαίνεσθαί τε τούτους ἀεὶ καὶ μὴ ἐσθίεσθαι. τοὺς δ᾽ ἐν τῷ φθινοπώρῳ φαινομένους δύο ἡμέραις ἢ μιᾷ, τούτους εἶναι ἐδωδίμους,
[p. 270] διαφέρουσι δὲ τῶν ἀεισκώπων τῷ πάχει καί εἰσι παραπλήσιοι
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