ου (ὁ) [ῐ]
   I n. d’oiseau :
      1 roitelet, ARSTT. H.A. 9, 11, 5, etc. ;
      2 c. κλαδαρόρυγχος, petit oiseau des bords du Nil, HDT. 2, 68 ; AR. Av. 79, etc. ; OPP. Ix. 2, 3 ; ARSTT. H.A. 8, 3 ; 9, 1 et 9 ; CLÉARQ. (ATH. 332 f) ; PLUT. M. 980 d ; EL. N.A. 3, 11 ; 8, 25 ;
   II treuil, poulie, HÉRON ;
   III t. d’archit. nacelle, partie de la base d’une colonne, VITR. 3, 3, etc.

Étym. τρέχω.

ὁ, (< τρέχω) Egyptian plover, Charadrius melanocephalus (or perh.
spur-winged plover, Hoplopterus spinosus), said to pick leeches from the crocodile΄s throat by Hdt. 2.68; or to pick the crocodile΄s teeth by Arist. HA 612a21; cf. Ar. Av. 79, Ach. 876, Pax 1004 (anap.), Clearch. 73, Ael. NA 3.11, 8.25, 12.15.
wren, Troglodytes europaeus, Arist. HA 615a17, Plu. 2.405d; cf. τύραννος 1.4. Archit., hollow between the mouldings on the base of a column, also called scotia, Vitr. 3.5.2.
sheave in block-and-tackle equipment, Pl. R. 397a (v.l.), IG2². 1672.156, 241, Hero Bel. 85.4, Spir. 1.26, al., Eust. 1534.8.