HARE

Lepus

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XII.1.23

ISIDORE · ETYMOLOGIAE · BOOK XII

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ISIDORE · ETYMOLOGIAE XII.1.23 · NO MANUSCRIPT WITNESS CLAIMED

Light-foot: swift, and quite timid.

ISIDORE XII.1.23

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ISIDOREETYMOLOGIAE XII.1.23

Isidore explains lepus as levipes, “light-foot”, because the hare runs quickly; he describes it as swift and quite timid.

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