Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὀρνίθειος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρνίθειος ὀρνίθειᾱ ὀρνίθειον

Structure: ὀρνιθει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. of or belonging to a bird, fowl's flesh, chicken

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ κύρτη σιδηρᾶ ἀγγεῖόν τι, οἱο͂ν οἰκίσκοσ ὀρνίθειοσ, παρὰ Ἡροδότῳ καὶ Ἀρχιλόχῳ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , unknown167)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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