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ὄρνις

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄρνις ὄρνιθος

Structure: ὀρνιθ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gen. o)/rni_qos; acc. o)/rniqa and o)/rnin

Sense

  1. bird
  2. chicken

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

  • βαθὺν δ’ αἰθέρα ξουθαῖσι τάμνων ὑψοῦ πτερύγεσσι ταχεί‐ αισ αἰετὸσ εὐρυάνακτοσ ἄγγελοσ Ζηνὸσ ἐρισφαράγου θαρσεῖ κρατερᾷ πίσυνοσ ἰσχύϊ, πτάσσοντι δ’ ὄρνι‐ χεσ λιγύφθογγοι φόβῳ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 2:1)
  • τὴν δ’ ἐπὶ Θερμώδοντι μάχην μένε, παμμέλαν ὄρνι· (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 19 3:3)
  • ὄρνι, τί μοι φίλον ὕπνον ἀφήρπασασ; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2861)
  • ὄρνι, Διὸσ Κρονίδαο διάκτορε, τεῦ χάριν ἔστασ γοργὸσ ὑπὲρ μεγάλου τύμβον Ἀριστομένουσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 1611)

Synonyms

  1. bird

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