โPulli ejus lambent sanguinem : et ubicumque cadaver fuerit, statim adest.โ
โHer young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.โ
โHis young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is.โโ
โHis young ones also suck up blood. Where the slain are, there he is.โโ
โHer young ones also suck up blood: And where the slain are, there is she.โ
Blood, gushing from the animals, which the eagle brings. (Menochius) โ St. Chrysostom explains this of the vulture, (Matthew xxiv. 28.; Calmet) which is of the same species. (Menochius) โ Some eagles will not touch carcasses, but others are greedy of them. (Pliny x. 3.) (Proverbs xxx. 17.) โ There. Our Saviour quotes this passage, Luke xvii. 37. (Calmet)