Το ορτύκι

[Theseus]

This is from a piece about the pitiless slaughter of quails, now supposedly banned by an excellent directive from the European Community. This is the last sentence of the piece:-

Είναι πουλί που τουφεκιέται εύκολα και ξετρυπώνεται μέσα από σκοίνους και τα πυκνά από τα λαγωνικά πούναι πολύ χρειαζούμενα για το κυνήγι του.

Does it mean 'it is a bird which is easily shot & ferreted out among rope nets(?) & the quantities of bloodhounds very necessary for hunting it'.:):blush:

 

[drsiebenmal]

σκοίνος is a bush, today usually written as σχίνος.

It's ferreted out of bushes and thick vegetation...

I corrected τουφεκιέται and ξετρυπώνεται (pls check if otherwise written).

 

[SBE]

Αν πλέον ο σκοίνος έχει γίνει σχίνος, τότε τί είναι τα σκίνα (και σκίντα) ; Άλλο φυτό;
(εγώ δεν ξέρω να ξεχωρίζω κανένα φυτό, απλά όπου είχε πολλά η γιαγια΄μου έλεγα ότ είναι σκίντα)

 

[Palavra]

Αυτό:

 

[Theseus]

In a booklet, entitled The Wild Herbs of Crete, there is is this entry:-
'Pistacia lentiscus, the lentisk or mastic bush is a member of the Anacardiaceae family. It belongs to the same genus as the pistache nut, Pistacia vera.
Greek ancient writers call the plant 'Schinos', as it still is called in Greece. Lentisk has been known for over 2400 years, for its leaves, berries and especially its resin, which is produced by making cuts in the bark in the summer months and collecting the exuding ivory coloured resinous 'tears'. This resin is traditionally produced on the island of Chios, Greece since ancient times. Already Diosurides (75AD) mentions, that the best and most of this resin comes from Chios. Today, mastic or mastix, the resin produced in Chios has the status "protected designation of origin" in the EU. Its name comes from the Greek 'masao', I chew.'

 

[Palavra]

Αυτός είναι σχίνος ο μαστιχοφόρος, κοινώς μαστιχόδεντρο :)