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πετεινός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πετεινός

Structure: πετειν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. able to fly

Examples

  • Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. ἐξαγαγέτω τὰ ὕδατα ἑρπετὰ ψυχῶν ζωσῶν καὶ πετεινὰ πετόμενα ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ κατὰ τὸ στερέωμα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:20)
  • καὶ εὐλόγησεν αὐτὰ ὁ Θεόσ, λέγων. αὐξάνεσθε καὶ πληθύνεσθε καὶ πληρώσατε τὰ ὕδατα ἐν ταῖσ θαλάσσαισ, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ πληθυνέσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:22)
  • καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἔτι ἐκ τῆσ γῆσ πάντα τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ καὶ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτὰ πρὸσ τὸν Ἀδάμ, ἰδεῖν τί καλέσει αὐτά. καὶ πᾶν ὃ ἐὰν ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸ Ἀδὰμ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν, τοῦτο ὄνομα αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:19)
  • καὶ ὁ τρόμοσ καὶ ὁ φόβοσ ὑμῶν ἔσται ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ, ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ κινούμενα ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἐπὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ἰχθύασ τῆσ θαλάσσησ. ὑπὸ χεῖρασ ὑμῖν δέδωκα. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:2)
  • ἐν δὲ κανῷ τῷ ἐπάνω ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν γενῶν, ὧν Φαραὼ ἐσθίει ἔργον σιτοποιοῦ, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατήσθιεν αὐτὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ κανοῦ τοῦ ἐπάνω τῆσ κεφαλῆσ μου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 40:17)

Synonyms

  1. able to fly

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