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graculus

graculus, a jackdaw

grācŭlus (gracc-), i, m. [from its note gra gra, Quint. 1, 6, 37; Isid. Orig. 12, 7, 45],
  • a jackdaw, Corvus monedula, Linn.; Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 201; 11, 47, 107, § 256; 8, 27, 41, § 101; Phaedr. 1, 3, 4; Mart. 1, 116, 6. —
        • b Prov.
          • α Vetus adagium est: Nihil cum fidibus graculo, i. e. ignorant persons have nothing to do with poetry, Gell. N. A. praef. § 19.—
          • β Graculus Aesopi, i. e. one who decks himself out in borrowed plumes, makes a fine show with other people's property, Tert. adv. Val. 12 (cf. Phaedr. 1, 3).

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