κἀν Φιλοκτήτῃ δὲ κατὰ γενικὴν κλίσιν φαβῶν εἴρηκεν. ‘ἡ μὲν οὖν οἰνάς,’ φησὶν ὁ Ἀριστοτέλης, ‘ μείζων ἐστὶ τῆς περιστερᾶς, χρῶμα δ᾽ ἔχει οἰνωπόν, ἡ δὲ φὰψ μέσον περιστερᾶς καὶ οἰνάδος, ἡ δὲ φάσσα ἀλέκτορος τὸ μέγεθος, χρῶμα δὲ σποδιόν, ἡ δὲ ’
σιτουμένην δύστηνον ἀθλίαν φάβα,
μέσακτα πλευρὰ πρὸς πτύοις πεπλεγμένην.
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‘ περιστερά, οἰνάς, φάψ, φάσσα, τρυγών.’ ἐν δὲ
[p. 282] πέμπτῳ περὶ ζῴων μορίων τὴν φάβα οὐκ ὀνομάζει, καίτοι Αἰσχύλου ἐν τῷ σατυρικῷ Πρωτεῖ οὕτω μνημονεύοντος τοῦ ὄρνιθος:
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