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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

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

  • καὶ πολλαὶ μνέεσ ἐκ τουτέου τοῦ ἔργου τῷ ἀλεκτρυόνι ἀγείρονται. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 48:7)
  • Εὐκράτησ γάρ με ὁ πλούσιοσ ἐντυχὼν ἐν ἀγορᾷ λουσάμενον ἥκειν ἐκέλευε τὴν ὡρ́αν ἐπὶ τὸ δεῖπνον, οἶδα πάνυ τοῦτο πεινήσασ παρ’ ὅλην τὴν ἡμέραν, ἄχρι μοι βαθείασ ἤδη ἑσπέρασ ἧκεσ ὑποβεβρεγμένοσ τοὺσ πέντε κυάμουσ ἐκείνουσ κομίζων, οὐ πάνυ δαψιλὲσ τὸ δεῖπνον ἀλεκτρυόνι ἀθλητῇ ποτε γενομένῳ καὶ Ὀλύμπια οὐκ ἀφανῶσ ἀγωνισαμένῳ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 7:8)
  • ἤδη δή ποτε καὶ ὅλωσ ἑνὶ χρῆσθαι προσέταξε, καὶ ἐχρώμην ἀλεκτρυόνι, ᾧ καὶ μόλισ καὶ τοῦτο ἐπετάττετο. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 9:3)

Synonyms

  1. a male chicken

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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