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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

  • ’ Πάνυ γοῦν ὃν φὴσ αὐτὸν ἐκεῖνον ὤνησαν οἱ περὶ ἐμοῦ λόγοι, ὃσ παραδοθεὶσ τοῖσ ἕνδεκα καὶ εἰσ τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἐμπεσὼν ἔπιεν ἄθλιοσ τοῦ κωνείου, μηδὲ τὸν ἀλεκτρυόνα τῷ Ἀσκληπιῷ ἀποδεδωκώσ· (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 5:4)
  • ἤκουσά τι καὶ πάλαι τοιοῦτον ἀμέλει περὶ ὑμῶν ὡσ Ἀλεκτρυών τισ νεανίσκοσ φίλοσ γένοιτο τῷ Ἄρει καὶ συμπίνοι τῷ θεῷ καὶ συγκωμάζοι καὶ κοινωνοίη τῶν ἐρωτικῶν εἴποτε γοῦν ἀπίοι παρὰ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην μοιχεύσων ὁ Ἄρησ, ἐπάγεσθαι καὶ τὸν Ἀλεκτρυόνα, καὶ ἐπειδήπερ τὸν Ἥλιον μάλιστα ὑφεωρᾶτο, μὴ κατιδὼν ἐξείποι πρὸσ τὸν Ἥφαιστον, ἔξω πρὸσ ταῖσ θύραισ ἀπολείπειν ἀεὶ τὸν νεανίσκον μηνύσοντα ὁπότε ἀνίσχοι ὁἭλιοσ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 3:7)
  • εἶτά ποτε κατακοιμηθῆναι τὸν Ἀλεκτρυόνα καὶ προδοῦναι τὴν φρουρὰν ἄκοντα τὸν δὲ Ἥλιον λαθόντα ἐπιστῆναι τῇ Ἀφροδίτῃ καὶ τῷ Ἄρει ἀφρόντιδι ἀναπαυομένῳ διὰ τὸ πιστεύειν τὸν Ἀλεκτρυόνα μηνῦσαι ἄν, εἴ τισ ἐπίοι· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 3:8)
  • φασὶ μὲν καὶ ταῦτα, ὦ Μίκυλλε, τὸ δὲ ἐμὸν ἑτεροῖόν τι ἐγένετο, καὶ πάνυ ἔναγχοσ εἰσ ἀλεκτρυόνα σοι μεταβέβηκα. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. a male chicken

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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