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ἀλεκτρυών

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλεκτρυών ἀλεκτρυόνος

Structure: ἀλεκτρυων (Stem)

Etym.: from a)le/ktwr

Sense

  1. (masculine) a male chicken: cock, rooster
  2. (feminine) a female chicken: hen
  3. guinea fowl

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀλεκτρυών ἀλεκτρυόνε ἀλεκτρυόνες
Genitive ἀλεκτρυόνος ἀλεκτρυόνοιν ἀλεκτρυόνων
Dative ἀλεκτρυόνι ἀλεκτρυόνοιν ἀλεκτρυόσιν*
Accusative ἀλεκτρυόνα ἀλεκτρυόνε ἀλεκτρυόνας
Vocative ἀλεκτρυών ἀλεκτρυόνε ἀλεκτρυόνες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μίξεωσ δὲ καὶ ἀφροδισίων καὶ γάμων πολλὴ αὐταῖσ ἡ ἐλευθερία, καὶ ὁ ἄρρην οὐ κατὰ τοὺσ ἀλεκτρυόνασ ἐπιβὰσ εὐθὺσ ἀπεπήδησεν, ἀλλ’ ἐποχεῖται τῇ θηλείᾳ ἐπὶ πολύ, κἀκείνη φέρει τὸν νυμφίον, καὶ συμπέτονται τὴν ἐναέριον ἐκείνην μῖξιν τῇ πτήσει μὴ διαφθείρουσαι. (Lucian, Muscae Encomium, (no name) 6:2)
  • σκέψαι δὲ τοὺσ ἀλεκτρυόνασ καὶ τἄλλα τὰ βοτὰ ταυτί, ὡσ τοὺσ πατέρασ ἀμύνεται· (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, antepirrheme22)
  • τί δῆτ’, ἐπειδὴ τοὺσ ἀλεκτρυόνασ ἅπαντα μιμεῖ, οὐκ ἐσθίεισ καὶ τὴν κόπρον κἀπὶ ξύλου καθεύδεισ; (Aristophanes, Clouds, Agon, antepirrheme24)
  • φέρε δὲ τὰ μονοειδῆ καὶ ἁπλᾶ ἐπιγράψωμεν ὡσ οἱο͂́ν τε εἰκάσαντεσ ἀνθρώπουσ ἐπὶ δυοῖν κλήροιν, δύο ἵππουσ ἐπὶ δυοῖν καὶ ἀλεκτρυόνασ δύο καὶ κύνασ δύο, τῷ δὲ ἐνάτῳ λέων ἔστω τοὐπίσημον. (Lucian, 92:4)
  • καὶ γὰρ αὐτοὺσ τοὺσ Κᾶρασ ἀλεκτρυόνασ οἱ Πέρσαι διὰ τοὺσ λόφουσ, οἷσ κοσμοῦσι τὰ κράνη, προσηγόρευον. (Plutarch, Artaxerxes, chapter 10 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. a male chicken

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