Strong G8556ὀρτυγομήτρα
a mother-quail
- Transliteration
- ortugomētra
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
a bird which migrates with the quails , perhaps the land-rail , ludicrously applied to Latona, the Ortygian mother (compare Ὀρτυγία)), (Aristophanes Comicus) (ML)