attagena

attagena
attăgēn, ēnis, m. (cf. Schneid. Gr. 2, p. 131; Neue, Formenl. I. pp. 153, 318, 323 sq.) ( attăgēna, ae, f., Mart. 2, 37, 3, and 13, 61), = attagên, 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.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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