ὀρνίθιον

English (LSJ)

τό, Dim. of ὄρνις,

   A small bird, Hdt.2.77, Ar. Av.223, Arist.HA609a16, al. ; esp. chicken, Cratin.113 ; τὰ χοιρίδια τέθνηκε καὶ τὰ μίκρ' ὀ. Stratt.58.

German (Pape)

[Seite 383] τό, dim. zu ὄρνις, Vögelchen, Her. 2, 77; bes. Hühnchen, oft bei Comic., vgl. Ath. IX, 373; Plut. Artax. 19.