a mother-quail • ὀρτυγομήτρα • G8556

Usage: 2 forms in 4 verses

Form	Translated As	In Verse(s)
ορτυγομήτραν	mother-quail	LXX.Num.11.31 • LXX.Num.11.32
ορτυγομήτρα	mother-quail	LXX.Exod.16.13 • LXX.Ps.105.40

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ὀρτυγομήτρα (ortugomētra) a mother-quail ^G:N-F

ὀρτυγομήτρα-μήτρα, ἡ,

a bird which migrates with quails, perhaps corncrake, landrail, Rallus crex, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; ludicrously applied to Latona, the Ortygian mother (compare Ὀρτυγία I), [Refs 5th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Exod.16.13 ☩ LXX.Num.11.31}