ἐρῳδιός,ὁ,
A. heron,
Il. 10.274 , Epich. 46 , Semon. 9 , Ar. Av. 886 , Call. Aet.Oxy. 2080.64 , Clitarch. 22
J. , Ant.Lib. 7.7 , etc.:—alsoῥῳδιός,
Hippon. 63 , andἀρῳδιός(q. v.):—Aristotle mentions three kinds :ὁ πέλλος,prob.common heron, Ardea cinerea;ὁ λευκός, egret, A. alba, gazetta;ὁ ἀστερίας, bittern, A. Stellaris, HA
609b21 : theἐρῳδιόςin Il.l.c. (cf. Ael. NA 1.1 ) was prob. ashearwater.(ἐρωδιόςfreq. in codd., even in Pap. of Call.l.c.(ii A. D.), butἐρῳδιός(withωιand oxyt.) Hdn.Gr. 2.924 and codd. Hom. )