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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

  • "αἱ δ’ ἀλεκτρυόνεσ ἅπασαι καὶ τὰ χοιρίδια τέθνηκε καὶ τὰ μίκρ’ ὀρνίθια. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 14 5:36)
  • "χοἰ πέρδικεσ, ἔτι δὲ οἱ ἀλεκτρυόνεσ καὶ οἱ ὄρτυγεσ προϊένται τὴν γονὴν οὐ μόνον ἰδόντεσ τὰσ θηλείασ, ἀλλὰ κἂν ἀκούσωσιν αὐτῶν τὴν φωνήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 41 7:1)
  • "χολὴν ἐν τοῖσ ἐντέροισ κεκολλημένην, σπλῆνα μικρὸν καὶ δυσθεώρητον, ὄρχεισ δὲ ὑπὸ τῷ ἥπατι ὡσ ἀλεκτρυόνεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 47 1:7)
  • καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ὤτων ἑκατέρωθεν εἶχε κρεμάμενα ὥσπερ οἱ ἀλεκτρυόνεσ τὰ κάλλαια· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 58 2:3)
  • "πολλοὶ δὲ καὶ ὄρνιθεσ ἀναλίσκονται, οἱ τε στρουθοὶ οἱ Ἀράβιοι ‐ ἐστὶν δὲ τὸ ζῷον μέγα ‐ καὶ χῆνεσ καὶ ἀλεκτρυόνεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 26 1:10)

Synonyms

  1. a male chicken

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