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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

  • ἢ ἐθέλεισ ἵππου μὲν θέοντοσ καὶ ὀρνίθων καὶ ἀνδρῶν κινεομένων ^ λίθουσ ἀνασαλεύεσθαι καὶ κάρφεα δονέεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνέμων τοῦ δρόμου, ὑπὸ δὲ τῇ δίνῃ τῶν ἀστέρων μηδὲν ἄλλο γίγνεσθαι ; (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 29:2)
  • ὀρνίθων τε αὐτέοισι περιστερὴ δοκέει χρῆμα ἱρότατον καὶ οὐδὲ ψαύειν αὐτέων δικαιέουσιν· (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 54:4)
  • κεκράτηκασ οὖν, ὦ μακάριε, καὶ ἔστεψαι τὰ Ὀλύμπια, μᾶλλον δὲ Βαβυλῶνα εἴληφασ ἢ τὴν Σάρδεων ἀκρόπολιν καθῄρηκασ, καὶ ἕξεισ τὸ τῆσ Ἀμαλθείασ κέρασ καὶ ἀμέλξεισ ὀρνίθων γάλα. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 13:1)
  • καὶ αὖ ἐν ἄλλοισ ἔπεσι τῶν δ̓ ὥστ̓ ὀρνίθων πετεηνῶν φησίν ἔθνεα πολλά, χηνῶν ἢ γεράνων ἢ κύκνων δουλιχοδείρων. (Arrian, chapter 31 9:1)
  • καὶ ἐπεξελθὼν τῶν ὀρνίθων τὸν θόρυβον ὣσ Τρώων ἀλαλητόσ φησίν ἀνὰ στρατὸν εὐρὺν ὀρώρει· (Arrian, chapter 31 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. bird

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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