πετεινός
ὥστε ὁ βίος, ὢν καὶ νῦν χαλεπός, εἰς τὸν χρόνον ἐκεῖνον ἀβίωτος γίγνοιτ' ἂν τὸ παράπαν → and so life, which is hard enough now, would then become absolutely unendurable
English (LSJ)
ή, όν, also πετηνός (v. fin.), and πτηνός (v. sub voc.), Ep. and poet. πετεηνός (also πετεεινός AP9.337 (Leon.), 363.22 (Mel.)):—
A able to fly, full-fledged, of young birds, πάρος πετεηνὰ γενέσθαι Od.16.218; of birds generally, able to fly, winged, πετηνῶν . . ὑπ' οἰωνῶν A.Th.1025 ; πετηνοῖς γυψί E.Rh.515 ; also π. ἵππος Men.Pk. 342 : abs., πετεηνά winged fowl, αἰετὸς . . τελειότατος πετεηνῶν Il.8.247, al. ; πετεινόν a bird, Thgn.1097 ; τὰ πετεινά (with v.l. πετηνά) Hdt.1.140, 2.123, 3.106, Lycurg.132.—Thom.Mag.p.272 R. rejects the form πετεινός : Πετηνή is the name of an Att.ship in IG22.1611.138.
German (Pape)
[Seite 605] att. statt πετηνός, s. Thom. Mag. u. Pors. Eur. Hec. praet. p. VIII; οἰωνοί, Aesch. Sept. 1011; πετεινοῖς γυψί, Eur. Rhes. 515, aber auch bei Theogn. 1097, wie Her. 2, 123; sp. D. wie Archi. 8 (VI, 179).
