tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post1799793235492491920..comments2024-03-29T01:41:15.713+00:00Comments on Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park birds: Ralph Hancockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-72711771342469734262020-06-06T07:46:20.673+01:002020-06-06T07:46:20.673+01:00That made me laugh- I did mean the contraption, no...That made me laugh- I did mean the contraption, not the bee!Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-30501785514525533722020-06-05T11:06:16.243+01:002020-06-05T11:06:16.243+01:00What a tangle of words there is about liber and li...What a tangle of words there is about <i>liber</i> and <i>libra</i>. Odd that <i>libellula</i> is not in either L&S or Du Cange. Must dig out my CD of the OLD and see if it's there.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-64215921835429485832020-06-05T10:03:03.423+01:002020-06-05T10:03:03.423+01:00For a moment I thought you meant the bumblebee, an...For a moment I thought you meant the bumblebee, and checked the picture to make sure she was female as I remembered.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-27602818032739635882020-06-05T08:31:40.903+01:002020-06-05T08:31:40.903+01:00Libellula (dragonfly) is a diminutive form of &quo...Libellula (dragonfly) is a diminutive form of "libra" (scales, balance), and it refers to the way dragonflies hold their wings horizontally. It has nothing to do with "libellulus" (very small book), the diminutive form of "libellus" (small book), which is itself a diminutive of "liber" (book)<br />MarioMariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377509108021150006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-83115360670047761822020-06-05T06:43:21.176+01:002020-06-05T06:43:21.176+01:00Lovely to see the Treecreeper & Reed Warbler.
...Lovely to see the Treecreeper & Reed Warbler.<br /><br />Amused to see the drone. They can do invaluable work but on the whole they are a pain in the wrong hands!Conehead54https://www.blogger.com/profile/18423862602236191493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-31266780938893868542020-06-05T01:14:47.677+01:002020-06-05T01:14:47.677+01:00When I first saw the drone I thought it was a larg...When I first saw the drone I thought it was a large dead frog.<br /><br />There is a Latin word <i>lĭbellŭlus</i>, which Lewis & Short defines as 'a very little book (post-class.), Mart. Cap. 3, § 289.' A dragonfly does look slightly like a book with open pages. (I'd never even heard of 'Mart. Cap.', who turns out to be Martianus Capella, author of <i>De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii</i>.)Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8278510471239667560.post-46737169822447201572020-06-05T00:56:15.570+01:002020-06-05T00:56:15.570+01:00The drone looks like a sprawling drowned man. I ac...The drone looks like a sprawling drowned man. I actually had to do a double take until my brain caught up and recognized it for what it was. <br /><br />Good thing the immensely sweet young Tits quickly made it all better!<br /><br />That Swan is the very image of power. It looks invincible.<br /><br />The Spanish name for the dragonfly, "libélula", actually means "little scales", meaning that the dragonfly flies as if it were balancing itself in the air.Tinúvielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04794275230697959519noreply@blogger.com