Saturday, July 12, 2025
Birds of a Feather
Liddell-Scott-Jones, s.v. ὁμόπτερος (9th ed., p. 1227):
Newer› ‹Older
A. of or with the same plumage, κίρκος A.Supp.224, cf. Pl.Phdr.256e; οἱ ἐμοὶ ὁ. my fellow-birds, birds of my feather, Ar.Av.229: then generally, comrades, fellows, Stratt.78. 2. metaph., of like feather, closely resembling, βόστρυχος ὁ. A.Ch.174, cf. E.El.530; νᾶες ὁ. consort-ships (or, as others, equally swift), A.Pers.559 (lyr., but λινόπτεροι is prob. cj.); ἀπήνα ὁ., i.e. the two brothers, Eteocles and Polynices, E.Ph.328(lyr.).
