ἀλέκτωρ
ἐπείγει γάρ με τοὐκ θεοῦ παρόν → the divine summons urges me | what has come from the god urges me | the power of the god is present, hurrying me on
English (LSJ)
(A), [ᾰ], ορος, ὁ, poet. form of ἀλεκτρυών,
A cock, ἕως ἐβόησεν ἀ. Batr.192, cf. Pi.O.12.14, Simon.80 B, A.Ag.1671, Eu.861, Herod.4.12, etc.; later Prose, Arist.Fr.347, PTeb.140 (i B. C.)LXX Pr.24.66 (30.31), Ev.Matt.26.34,al., IG3.77: metaph., of a trumpeter, κοινὸς Ἀθηναίων ἀ. Demad.Fr.4; of a flute, Ion Trag.39. 2 ἀλέκτορος λόφος yellow rattle, Rhinanthusmajor, Plin.HN27.40. II husband, consort, Tz.ad Lyc.1094, and so perh. in B.4.8, S.Fr.851. (Perh., like ἀκοίτης, ἄλοχος, from ἀ- copul., λέκτρον).
ἀλέκτωρ (B), ορος, ἡ, (ἀ- priv., λέγω)
A = ἄλεκτρος, Ath.3.08b.
German (Pape)
[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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
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).
French (Bailly abrégé)
1ορος (ὁ) :
coq.
Étymologie: ἀλέξω.
English (Slater)
ᾰλέκτωρ
1 cock, esp. fighting cock, emblem of Himera τεά κεν ἐνδομάχας ἅτ' ἀλέκτωρ συγγόνῳ παῤ ἑστίᾳ ἀκλεὴς τιμὰ κατεφυλλορόησεν ποδῶν (O. 12.14)
Spanish (DGE)
-ορος, ὁ
• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]
marido S.Fr.851, B.4.8.
-ορος, ὁ
• Prosodia: [ᾰ-]
• Morfología: formas heterócl.: sg. gen. ἀλεκτόρου PMag.12.313; neutr. plu. ἀλέκτορα PLond.1259.25 (IV d.C.)
1 gallo Pi.O.12.14, B.4.8, Simon.78, A.A.1671, Eu.861, Hp.Int.1, Arist.Fr.347, Theoc.7.123, Herod.4.12, Batr.192, IG 22.1367.27 (I d.C.?), 12(7) p.1 (Arcesine II a.C.?), PTeb.140 (I a.C.), LXX Pr.30.31, Eu.Matt.26.34
•fig. de una trompeta τὸν δὲ σαλπικτὴν κοινὸν Ἀθηναίων ἀλέκτορα Demad.31, de una flauta, Io Trag.39.
2 bot. ἀλέκτορος λόφος cresta de gallo, Rhinantus minor L., Plin.HN 27.40.
English (Strong)
from aleko (to ward off); a cock or male fowl: cock.
English (Thayer)
(ορος, ὁ, a cock, (Latin gallus gallinaceus): Lob. ad Phryn., p. 229; (Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 307; Winer s Grammar, 23; see also BB. DD. <TOPIC:COCK> under the word; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 221 f; especially Egli, Zeitschr. f. wiss. Theol., 1879, p. 517ff).
