περκνός,ή,ον,
A. dusky, dark in colour, of grapes when beginning to ripen, or of olives, Poll. 1.61 , 5.67 ;περκνὴν(prob. forπέρκην( . . ἐλάην
AP 6.102
( Phil. ) ; also π. ἔχις
Arist. Mir. 846b18
, Nic. Th. 129 ; π. ἰχθύες
Marc.Sid. 7
;livid, Hp. VC 19 .
II. Subst., name of a kind ofeagle, αἰετὸν . . , μόρφνον θηρητῆρ', ὃν καὶ περκνὸν καλέουσι
Il. 24.316
( Aristarch.
πέρκνον), cf. Arist. Mir. 835a2 , Lyc. 260 ; = πλάγγος acc. to Arist. HA 618b23 . (Cf.πρακνόν, Skt.pŕṛśnis'spotted', OIr.erc, Welsherch'speckled', 'dusky'.)