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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

  • καὶ ὄρνιθασ τοὺσ μὲν ἄλλουσ σιτέονται, περιστερὴν δὲ μούνην οὐ σιτέονται, ἀλλὰ σφίσιν ἥδε ἱρή. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 14:4)
  • τάων εὐδαίμων τε καὶ ὄλβιοσ, ὃσ τάδε πάντα εἰδὼσ ἐργάζηται ἀναίτιοσ ἀθανάτοισιν, ὄρνιθασ κρίνων καὶ ὑπερβασίασ ἀλεείνων. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 102:4)
  • τῶν δὲ δὴ βαρβάρων τὴν ἀταξίαν δηλῶσαι ἐθελήσασ, κλαγγῇ καὶ ἐνοπῇ φησὶν ἰέναι τοὺσ Τρῶασ ἴσα καὶ ὄρνιθασ. (Arrian, chapter 31 8:3)
  • καὶ μὴν δοκῶ σφᾶσ ἐν λόχμαισ ὄρνιθασ ὣσ λέκτρων ἔχεσθαι φιλτάτοισ ἐν ἑρ́κεσιν. (Euripides, episode 1:11)
  • εὐήθεσ δέ τοι τὸ καὶ δοκεῖν ὄρνιθασ ὠφελεῖν βροτούσ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 1:5)

Synonyms

  1. bird

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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