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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

  • εἰκάζειν δὲ χρὴ πολλὰ εἶναι ἀλεκτρυόνοσ καὶ στεφάνου καὶ λιβανωτοῦ μόνου παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ὤνια. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 2:4)
  • τίσ γὰρ ἂν πιστεύσειέ μοι, εἴ τι διηγοίμην ὡσ ἀλεκτρυόνοσ αὐτὸ εἰπόντοσ ἀκηκοώσ; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 3:4)
  • ἀφεθέντα δὲ ὡσ ἀφείθη τὸν Ἄρη ἀγανακτῆσαι κατὰ τοῦ Ἀλεκτρυόνοσ καὶ μεταβαλεῖν αὐτὸν εἰσ τουτὶ τὸ ὄρνεον αὐτοῖσ ὅπλοισ, ὡσ ἔτι τοῦ κράνουσ τὸν λόφον ἔχειν ἐπὶ τῇ κεφαλῇ. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 3:10)
  • ἀλλὰ εἰπὲ ἀπὸ Εὐφόρβου ἀρξάμενοσ ὅπωσ ἐσ Πυθαγόραν μετεβλήθησ, εἶτα ἑξῆσ ἄχρι τοῦ ἀλεκτρυόνοσ· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 15:9)
  • τίσ γὰρ οἶδεν εἰ ἔτι σοι παρακειμένησ τῆσ χρυσῆσ τραπέζησ, πρὶν ἐπιβαλεῖν τὴν χεῖρα καὶ ἀπογεύσασθαι τοῦ ταὼ ἢ τοῦ Νομάδοσ ἀλεκτρυόνοσ, ἀποφυσήσασ τὸ ψυχίδιον ἄπει γυψὶ καὶ κόραξι πάντα ἐκεῖνα καταλιπών; (Lucian, 45:4)

Synonyms

  1. a male chicken

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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