περιστερ-ά, ἡ,
common pigeon or dove, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.138, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 866, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 164, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; specifically, Columba livia domestica, and so distinguished from φάψ, φάττα, οἰνάς, τρυγών, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 562b5, 593a16; ἐλάττων μὲν ἡ πελειάς, τιθασὸν δὲ γίνεται μᾶλλον ἡ π. [prev. work] 544b3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: περιστερός, ὁ, cock-pigeon, [[ 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 33 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] (of a carrier-pigeon), [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 214; censured by 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 7. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]