Perdix

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Perdix grece et nos perdix.


Translation:

Perdix is the Greek word {for "partridge"} as well as ours in Latin: perdix.


Commentary:

The Greek word πέρδιξ /pérdix/ was adopted early on by the Romans as perdix; it is first documented in Varro (116-27 BC).

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