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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 πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ παντὶ ἑρπετῷ ἕρποντι ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ ψυχὴν ζωῆσ, καὶ πάντα χόρτον χλωρὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:30)
  • καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀδὰμ ὀνόματα πᾶσι τοῖσ κτήνεσι καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τοῦ ἀγροῦ. τῷ δὲ Ἀδὰμ οὐχ εὑρέθη βοηθὸσ ὅμοιοσ αὐτῷ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:20)
  • καὶ ἀφοριεῖτε αὐτοὺσ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν καθαρῶν καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν ἀκαθάρτων καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν πετεινῶν τῶν καθαρῶν καὶ τῶν ἀκαθάρτων, καὶ οὐ βδελύξετε τὰσ ψυχὰσ ὑμῶν ἐν τοῖσ κτήνεσι, καὶ ἐν τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ καὶ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖσ ἑρπετοῖσ τῆσ γῆσ, ἃ ἐγὼ ἀφώρισα ὑμῖν ἐν ἀκαθαρσίᾳ. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 20:25)
  • καὶ ἔσονται οἱ νεκροὶ ὑμῶν κατάβρωμα τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ὁ ἀποσοβῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 28:26)
  • καὶ εἶπεν ὁ ἀλλόφυλοσ πρὸσ Δαυίδ. δεῦρο πρόσ με, καὶ δώσω τὰσ σάρκασ σου τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τοῖσ κτήνεσι τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 17:23)

Synonyms

  1. able to fly

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