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Πρατίνας δ᾽ ἐν Δυμαίναις ἢ Καρυάτισιν ἁδύφωνον ἰδίως καλεῖ τὸν ὄρτυγα, πλὴν εἰ μή τι παρὰ τοῖς Φλιασίοις ἢ τοῖς Λάκωσι φωνήεντες, ὡς καὶ οἱ πέρδικες, καὶ ἡ σιαλὶς δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου ἂν εἴη, φησὶν ὁ Δίδυμος, ὠνομασμένη. σχεδὸν γὰρ τὰ πλεῖστα τῶν ὀρνέων ἀπὸ τῆς φωνῆς ἔχει τὴν ὀνομασίαν. ἡ δὲ
ὀρτυγομήτρα καλουμένη, ἧς μνημονεύει Κρατῖνος ἐν Χείρωσι λέγων: ‘Ἰθακησία
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