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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)
  • ^ 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)
  • 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)
  • 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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