bird
From LSJ
κρείσσων γὰρ ἦσθα μηκέτ' ὢν ἢ ζῶν τυφλός → thou wert better not alive, than living blind | you were better not alive, than living blind
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
P. and V. ὄρνις, ὁ or ἡ, Ar. and P. ὄρνεον, τό.
for various names of birds, see Ar., Av. 302, 303, 304.
bird of prey: Ar. and P. οἰωνός, ὁ.
bird of omen: P. and V. ὄρνις, ὁ or ἡ, οἰωνός, ὁ.
birds of the air: P. and V. τὰ πτηνά (Plato), V. πετεινά, τά (Euripides, Fragment), πτερωτοί, οἱ.
of a bird, adj.: Ar. and P. ὀρνίθειος (Xen.).
dear to birds, adj.: V. φίλορνις.
love of birds, substantive: Ar. φιλορνιθία, ἡ.
destroying birds, adj.: V. οἰωνοκτόνος.
catch birds, verb intransitive: P. ὀρνιθεύειν (Xen.).
