Definition of hirundo
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Orthography ID = 2025729
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LNS
hirundō, hirundinis
hirundo
noun (f., 3rd declension)
  1. a swallow
  2. a flying sea - fish, sea - swallow
Abbreviations
hirundo, inis, f. (weakened from χελιδών), a swallow. Lit., Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 92; 10, 24, 34, § 70; Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Verg. G. 1, 377; id. A. 12, 474; Ov. F. 2, 853; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 13.

—As a term of endearment: dic me anaticulam, columbam vel catellum, Hirundinem, monedulam, etc., Plaut. As. 3, 3, 104.

—Prov.: quid contendat hirundo cycnis? Lucr. 3, 6 (for which: certent cycnis ululae, Verg. E. 8, 55).

— Transf., a flying sea - fish, sea - swallow, Exocoetus volitans s. evolans, Linn.; Plin. 9, 26, 43, § 81.
 
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