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|Full diacritics=ἀλέκτωρ
|Medium diacritics=ἀλέκτωρ
|Low diacritics=αλέκτωρ
|Capitals=ΑΛΕΚΤΩΡ
|Transliteration A=aléktōr
|Transliteration B=alektōr
|Transliteration C=alektor
|Beta Code=a)le/ktwr
|Definition=(A), [<b class="b3">ᾰ], ορος, ὁ</b>, poet. form of <b class="b3">ἀλεκτρυών</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cock</b>, ἕως ἐβόησεν ἀ. <span class="bibl">Batr.192</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>12.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Simon.80</span> B, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1671</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Eu.</span>861</span>, <span class="bibl">Herod.4.12</span>, etc.; later Prose, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>347</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>140</span> (i B. C.)<span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Pr.</span>24.66</span> (<span class="bibl">30.31</span>), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>26.34</span>,al., <span class="title">IG</span>3.77: metaph., of a trumpeter, κοινὸς Ἀθηναίων ἀ. <span class="bibl">Demad.<span class="title">Fr.</span>4</span>; of a flute, Ion Trag.<span class="bibl">39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἀλέκτορος λόφος</b> <b class="b2">yellow rattle, Rhinanthusmajor</b>, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>27.40</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">husband, consort</b>, Tz.<b class="b2">ad Lyc</b>.1094, and so perh. in <span class="bibl">B.4.8</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>851</span>. (Perh., like [[ἀκοίτης]], [[ἄλοχος]], from <b class="b3">ἀ-</b> copul., <b class="b3">λέκτρον</b>).</span><br /><span class="bld">ἀλέκτωρ</span> (B), ορος, ἡ, (<b class="b3">ἀ-</b> priv., <b class="b3">λέγω</b>) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[ἄλεκτρος]], <span class="bibl">Ath.3.08b</span>.</span>
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{{pape
|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0092.png Seite 92]] ορος, ὁ, Hahn, ältere poet. Form (von [[ἄλεκτρος]], der schlaflose oder schlaflos machende), Pind. O. 12, 14; Aesch. Ag. 1656; Cratin. Ath. IX, 374 d; nach IV, 183 f nennt Ion so auch [[αὐλός]]; sp. D. 1) = [[ἄλεκτρος]], unvermählt, Ἀθηνᾶ Athen. III, 98 b. – 2) = [[ἄλοχος]], Gemahl, Soph. frg. 730.
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{{ls
|lstext='''ἀλέκτωρ''': [ᾰ] (Α), ορος, ὁ, ποιητ. [[τύπος]] τοῦ [[ἀλεκτρυών]], [[πετεινός]], ἕως ἐβόησεν ἀλ., Βατραχομ. 192· πρβλ. Πινδ. Ο. 12. 20, Σιμων. 81, Αἰσχύλ. Ἀγ. 1671, Εὐμ. 861· ὡσαύτ. παρὰ μεταγεν. πεζ. Ἀριστ. Ἀποσπ. 271, Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 523, 27. ΙΙ. [[ἀνήρ]], [[σύζυγος]], Τζέτζ. Λυκ. 1094 καὶ [[οὕτως]] [[ἴσως]] ἐν Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 730 ([[ἴσως]] ὡς τὸ [[ἀκοίτης]], [[ἄλοχος]], ἐκ τοῦ α ἀθροιστ. καὶ [[λέκτρον]]).
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{{bailly
|btext=<span class="bld">1</span>ορος (ὁ) :<br />coq.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[ἀλέξω]].
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{{Slater
|sltr=<b>ᾰλέκτωρ</b> <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[cock]], esp. [[fighting]] [[cock]], [[emblem]] of [[Himera]] [[τεά]] κεν [[ἐνδομάχας]] ἅτ' [[ἀλέκτωρ]] συγγόνῳ παῤ ἑστίᾳ ἀκλεὴς τιμὰ κατεφυλλορόησεν ποδῶν (O. 12.14)
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{{DGE
|dgtxt=-ορος, ὁ<br /><br /><b class="num">• Prosodia:</b> [ᾰ-]<br />[[marido]] S.<i>Fr</i>.851, B.4.8.<br />-ορος, ὁ<br /><br /><b class="num">• Prosodia:</b> [ᾰ-]<br /><br /><b class="num">• Morfología:</b> formas heterócl.: sg. gen. ἀλεκτόρου <i>PMag</i>.12.313; neutr. plu. ἀλέκτορα <i>PLond</i>.1259.25 (IV d.C.)<br /><b class="num">1</b> [[gallo]] Pi.<i>O</i>.12.14, B.4.8, Simon.78, A.<i>A</i>.1671, <i>Eu</i>.861, Hp.<i>Int</i>.1, Arist.<i>Fr</i>.347, Theoc.7.123, Herod.4.12, <i>Batr</i>.192, <i>IG</i> 2<sup>2</sup>.1367.27 (I d.C.?), 12(7) p.1 (Arcesine II a.C.?), <i>PTeb</i>.140 (I a.C.), LXX <i>Pr</i>.30.31, <i>Eu.Matt</i>.26.34<br /><b class="num">•</b>fig. de una trompeta τὸν δὲ σαλπικτὴν κοινὸν Ἀθηναίων ἀλέκτορα Demad.31, de una flauta, Io <i>Trag</i>.39.<br /><b class="num">2</b> bot. ἀλέκτορος λόφος [[cresta de gallo]], [[Rhinantus minor L.]], Plin.<i>HN</i> 27.40.
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{{StrongGR
|strgr=from aleko (to [[ward]] [[off]]); a [[cock]] or [[male]] [[fowl]]: [[cock]].
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