ὀρτῠγο-μήτρα, ἡ,
a bird which migrates with quails, perhaps corncrake, landrail, Rallus crex, [[ 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 246, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 597b16, Alex.Mynd. cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 9.393a, LXX.Exo.16.13, LXX.Num.11.31 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; ludicrously applied to Latona, the Ortygian mother (compare Ὀρτυγία I), [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 870. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]