πέρνης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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An Aristotelian term, attested in the Historia Animalorum (9.36), but corrupted in manuscript tradition, which also records περνίς (pernís), πτερνίς (pternís) and πέρκνης (pérknēs).

Theodorus Gaza, an early translator of Aristotle, renders the Greek term as Latin pernix.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πέρνης (pérnēsm (genitive πέρνου); first declension

  1. a bird of prey, a kind of hawk
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 9.36:
      Ὁ δὲ ἀστερίας καὶ ὁ φασσοφόνος καὶ ὁ πέρνης ἀλλοῖοι.
      Ho dè asterías kaì ho phassophónos kaì ho pérnēs alloîoi.
      Other species [of hawk] are the starred [hawk], the dove-killing [hawk] and the pérnēs [hawk].

Inflection

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Derived terms

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  • Translingual: Pernis
  • English: pern

References

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  • Pierre Belon, L'histoire de la nature des oyseaux, 1997, p. 410

Further reading

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