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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

  • ἠερίησ, ὄρνιθεσ, ἐύπτερα τέκνα γενέθλησ, εἴπατε νοστήσαντεσ ἐπὶ Κρήτην Μενελάῳ· (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 1197)
  • ὄρνιθεσ δὲ πολλοὶ αὐλίζονται ἐν τῇ νήσῳ, λάροι καὶ αἴθυιαι καὶ κορῶναι αἱ θαλάσσιαι τὸ πλῆθοσ οὐ σταθμητοί. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 5:1)
  • οὗτοι οἱ ὄρνιθεσ θεραπεύουσιν τοῦ Ἀχιλλέωσ τὸν νεών. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 21 5:2)
  • ἐν δὲ καὶ ὄρνιθεσ καὶ εἵματα καὶ χρύσεα καὶ ἀργύρεα ποιήματα. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 49:4)
  • χωροῦσι δ’ ὥστ’ ὄρνιθεσ ἀρθεῖσαι δρόμῳ πεδίων ὑποτάσεισ, αἳ παρ’ Ἀσωποῦ ῥοαῖσ εὔκαρπον ἐκβάλλουσι Θηβαίων στάχυν· (Euripides, episode, trochees 8:7)

Synonyms

  1. bird

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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