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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

  • ^ τῶν δὲ ὑποβρυχίων τὰ σελάχια πολλὰ καὶ ὅσα ὀστράκινα τὸ δέρμα καὶ τεμάχη Ποντικὰ τῶν ἐκ σαργάνησ καὶ κωπαΐδεσ καὶ ὄρνισ σύντροφοσ καὶ ἀλεκτρυὼν ἤδη ἀπῳδὸσ καὶ ἰχθὺσ ἦν παράσιτοσ· (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 6:4)
  • ὣσ ἔφατ’ ὠκυπέτησ ἴρηξ, τανυσίπτεροσ ὄρνισ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 26:1)
  • ἀγνωμοσύνη γὰρ δὴ ^ τοῦτό γε ‐ οὔτε ἡ ὄρνισ ὁμοία ταῖσ ἄλλαισ, ἀλλὰ τῷ μὲν πλησίον παχεῖα καὶ πιμελήσ, σοὶ δὲ νεοττὸσ ἡμίτομοσ ἢ φάττα τισ ὑπόσκληροσ, ὕβρισ ἄντικρυσ καὶ ἀτιμία. (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 26:3)
  • αὐτὰρ ὅ γ’ ἧπαρ ἤσθιεν ἀθάνατον, τὸ δ’ ἀέξετο ἶσον ἁπάντη νυκτόσ ὅσον πρόπαν ἦμαρ ἔδοι τανυσίπτεροσ ὄρνισ. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 48:10)
  • εἰπὲ δὲ ὅμωσ, ὦ Μνησάρχου παῖ, ὅπωσ ἡμῖν ἀντὶ μὲν ἀνθρώπου ὄρνισ, ἀντὶ δὲ Σαμίου Ταναγραῖοσ ἀναπέφηνασ· (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 4:10)

Synonyms

  1. bird

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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