parra

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

parra, ae, f., a bird of ill omen,

the common or barn owl; acc. to others, the green woodpecker or the lapwing : picus et cornix ab laevā, corvus, parra ab dexterā consuadent, Plaut. As. 2, 1, 12 Fleck.: impios parrae recinentis omen Ducat, etc., Hor. C. 3, 27, 1 Orell.; cf. Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 292.

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