phalaris

phălăris (phălēris), ĭdis, f., = φαλαρίς or φαληρίς.

I The plant canarygrass (Phalaris canariensis, Linn.), Plin. 27, 12, 102, § 126.—

II A water-hen , coot , Varr. R. R. 3, 11 fin. ; Col. 8, 15; Plin. 10, 48, 67, § 132.

Phalaris
Phălăris, ĭdis (acc. Phalarin, Claud. B. Gild. 186), m., = Φάλαρις, a tyrant of Agrigentum , for wh...

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