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noun greek

attăgēn

gen. attăgēnis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
(cf. Schneid. Gr. 2, p. 131; Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 153, 318, 323 sq.) (, , , Mart. 2, 37, 3, and 13, 61), = ἀτταγήν
a meadow-bird; the hazelhen; heath-cock •
a meadow-bird, the hazelhen or heath-cock: Tetrao bonasia, Linn.: Attagen maxume Ionius celeber, Plin. 10, 48, 68, § 133: Non attagen Ionicus Jucundior, Hor. Epod. 2, 54.
Perseus ID: n4313 Key: attagen