A man arrived, who in the famous hills
Of Attica is a namesake of the partridge (πέρδι:κος).
And Pherecrates, or whoever it was who wrote the Chiron, says—
He goes against his will, like any partridge (πέρδικος τρόπον).
And Phrynichus, in his Tragedians, says—
And Cleombrotus the son of Perdix (Πέρδικος),
(for the bird is sometimes cited as a model of lasciviousness).
Nicophon, in his Handicraftsmen, says—
The hepseti, and all those partridges (περδι:κας).
But Epicharmus, in his Revellers, uses the word with the penultima short, where he says—
They brought in cuttle-fish, who swim the deep,
And partridges (πέρδικας) who fly in lofty air.