πέρδιξ,
Cretan dialect πήριξ [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, ῑκος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 323, 5th-6th c.BC: Nicopho Comicus 18, ῐκος 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 106, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 84 ] Refs 7th c.BC+], ὁ and ἡ:— partridge, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 767 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ὄρτυγες καὶ οἱ π. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκοπέλων μετανάστρια π. [[“Anthologia Graeca” 7.204 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus): proverbial, πέρδιξ ὄρουσον] Refs 6th c.AD+] 'look sharp', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 523. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]