ἀλέκτωρ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
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.
