κότα

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κρέσσων γὰρ οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος → it is better to be envied than pitied | to be envied is a nobler fate than to be pitied (Pindar, Pythian 1.85)

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Greek Monolingual

και κόττα, η
1. το κατοικίδιο πτηνό όρνιθα
2. μτφ. ελαφρόμυαλη και κακόγουστα φανταχτερή γυναίκα
3. φρ. α) «η κότα έκανε το αβγό ή το αβγό την κότα» λέγεται για περιπτώσεις μεγάλου διλήμματος
β) «κοιμάμαι με τις κότες» — κοιμάμαι πολύ νωρίς
γ) «κάθεται σαν κότα» — υποχωρεί εύκολα στις ερωτικές πολιορκίες
4. παροιμ.
α) «η γριά κότα έχει το ζουμί» — η ώριμη γυναίκα είναι πιο έμπειρη ερωτικά
β) «η κότα σκαλίζοντας βγάζει το μάτι της» — λέγεται γι' αυτούς που παθαίνουν ζημιά από δική τους υπαιτιότητα
γ) «κότα μου, κοτούλα μου κι εγώ σέ μαγειρεύω» — αυτός που έχει υπομονή νικά
δ) «όποιος ανακατεύεται με τα πίτουρα τον τρών' οι κότες» — αυτός που ανακατεύεται σε ξένες υποθέσεις, κυρίως βρόμικες, βγαίνει ζημιωμένος.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Κότα αντί του ορθτ. κόττα < αρχ. κόττος «πετεινός» — ο μεταπλασμός του γένους πιθ. κατ' επίδραση του θηλ. όρνιθα, η].

Translations

chicken

Abaza: квтӏу; Abkhaz: а-куты; Acehnese: manok; Adyghe: чэты, кьэт; Afrikaans: hoender, haan, hen; Ahom: 𑜀𑜩; Aklanon: manok; Alabama: akaaka; Albanian: pulë; Ambonese Malay: ayam; Amharic: ዶሮ; Arabic: دَجَاجَة‎; Egyptian Arabic: فرخة‎; Hijazi Arabic: دجاجة‎; Argobba: ዶሮ; Armenian: հավ, աքլոր, ճուտ; Assamese: কুকুৰা; Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܬܲܝܬܵܐ‎; Asturian: pollu; Atayal: ngta; Avar: гӏанкӏу; Aymara: chiwchi; Azerbaijani: toyuq; Bahnar: iĕr; Balinese: ayam; Bashkir: тауыҡ; Basque: oilasko, oilo; Bats: ქოთამ; Belarusian: птушаня, птушанё, курыца, кураня, куранё; Bengali: মুরগি, মুরগী, মুর্গি, মুর্গী; Bezhta: гуьдаь; Bikol Central: manok; Borôro: kagariga; Bouyei: duezgais, gais; Breton: yar, penn yar; Brunei Malay: ayam; Bulgarian: кокошка, петел, пиле, ярка; Burmese: ကြက်; Buryat: тахяа; Catalan: pollastre, gallina, gall, butza; Catawba: watka; Cebuano: manok; Central Dusun: manuk; Central Melanau: siyau; Chamicuro: polyo; Chechen: котам; Cherokee: ᏣᏔᎦ; Cheyenne: kokėhéaxa; Chichewa: nkhuku; Chickasaw: akanka'; Chinese Cantonese: 雞, 鷄, 鸡; Dungan: җи; Gan: 雞, 鷄, 鸡; Hakka: 雞, 鷄, 鸡; Jin: 雞, 鷄, 鸡, 雞兒, 鷄兒, 鸡儿; Mandarin: 雞, 鷄, 鸡; Min Bei: 雞, 鷄, 鸡; Min Dong: 雞, 鷄, 鸡, 雞囝, 鷄囝, 鸡囝; Min Nan: 雞, 鷄, 鸡, 雞仔, 鷄仔, 鸡仔; Wu: 雞, 鷄, 鸡; Xiang: 雞, 鷄, 鸡; Chukchi: ярагатԓе; Classical Syriac: ܬܪܢܓܘܠܬܐ‎; Coptic: ⲉⲣϫ; Cornish: yar; Czech: slepice, kur, kuře; Danish: kylling, høne; Daur: kakraa; Dhivehi: ކުކުޅު‎; Dutch: kip, hen, hoen; Dzongkha: བྱམོ; Elfdalian: yöna; Erzya: сараз; Esperanto: koko; Estonian: kana; Ewe: koklo, koklovi; Faroese: høsn, høna; Fijian: toa; Finnish: kana; French: poulet; Friulian: poleç, gjaline; Galician: galo, galiña; Gamilaraay: baawul; Ge'ez: ዶርሆ; Georgian: ქათამი; German: Huhn, Hähnchen, Hühnchen, Küchlein; Alemannic German: Hue; Greek: κοτόπουλο, κότα; Ancient Greek: ἀλεκτοριδεύς; Greenlandic: marloraaq; Guaraní: ryguasu, kupyju; Gujarati: કૂકડો, મરઘો; Gurani: کەرگ‎; Haitian Creole: poul; Hausa: kaza; Hebrew: תַּרְנְגוֹל‎, תרנגולת \ תַּרְנְגֹלֶת‎; Higaonon: manuk; Hindi: मुर्ग़ा, मुरगा, मुर्ग, कुक्कुट; Hungarian: csirke; Hunzib: гудо; Icelandic: hænsn, kjúklingur, hæna; Ido: hano; Ilocano: manok; Inari Sami: kääni; Indonesian: ayam, manuk; Ingush: котам; Inuktitut: ᐊ'ᐊ'ᐋᒃ; Irish: eireog, sicín; Isan: กุฏโฏ, ไก่; Istro-Romanian: puľ; Italian: pollo, gallo, gallina; Japanese: 鶏, 臼辺鳥; Javanese: pitik; Kabardian: джэд; Kannada: ಕೋಳಿ; Kapampangan: manuk; Karakalpak: tawıqlar; Kashubian: kùra; Kazakh: тауық; Khasi: syiar, s'iar; Khmer: មាន់; Khumi Chin: ae; Khün: ᨠᩱ᩵; Kikuyu: ngũkũ; Kimaragang: manuk, piyak, punan; Kiput: aan; Komi-Permyak: курӧг; Korean: 닭; Kumyk: тавукъ; Kurdish Central Kurdish: مریشک‎, مامر‎; Northern Kurdish: mirîşk; Southern Kurdish: مامر‎; Kyrgyz: тоок; Ladin: gialina; Lak: аьнакӏи; Lao: ໄກ່; Latgalian: vysta; Latin: pullus, gallus, gallina; Latvian: cālis, vista; Laz: ქოთუმე; Ledo Kaili: manu; Lezgi: верч; Lithuanian: višta; Lombard: pui, polaster; Low German: Hohn; Luganda: nsósó; Luxembourgish: Hong; Lü: ᦺᦂᧈ; Macedonian: кокошка; Malagasy: akoho; Malay: ayam, manuk; Malayalam: കോഴി; Maltese: fellus, tiġieġa; Manchu: ᠴᠣᡴᠣ; Mandar: manuq; Maori: heihei; Maranao: manok; Marathi: कोंबडा; Mari Western Mari: цӹвӹ; Mazanderani: کرک‎; Mi'kmaq: go'qoli'gwej anim; Middle English: chike, chekyn; Mingrelian: ქოთომი; Mizo: ár; Mon: စာၚ်; Mongolian: тахиа, ᠲᠠᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ; Muong: ca; Nahuatl: cuanacatl; Navajo: naaʼahóóhai; Neapolitan: pùllo; Ngazidja Comorian: nkuhu; Nivkh: пʼеӄ нонӄ, арфэӄ, пʼеӄ; Norman: poulet; Northern Sami: vuonccis; Northern Sotho: kgogo; Northern Thai: ᨠᩱ᩵; Norwegian Bokmål: høne, kylling; Nynorsk: høne, kylling, kjukling; Occitan: galina; Ojibwe: baaka'aakwenh; Old English: ċȳcen, cicen; Old Norse: kyklingr; Oromo: lukkuu; Pashto: چرګ‎; Pela: ɣaʔ³¹; Pennsylvania German: Hinkel; Persian: مرغ خانگی‎, ماک‎, مرغ‎, جوجه‎; Picard: poulhe, co; Pirahã: páxaihi; Polish: kurczak, kura; Portuguese: frango, galinha; Quechua: wallpa; Romani: kainiori, kaini; Romanian: pui, găină; Romansch: pulschain, giaglina; Russian: цыплёнок, курица, петух; Rusyn: курка; Rutul: кӏатӏ; Rwanda-Rundi: inkoko; S'gaw Karen: ဆီ; Samoan: moa; Samogitian: vėšta; Sanskrit: कुक्कुट; Sardinian: caboniscu, caboni, puddone, puddu, pudhu; Scots: chicken; Scottish Gaelic: eireag, cearc; Sebop: diek; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: кокош, кокошка, петао, пијетао, певац, пијевац, пиле; Roman: kokoš, kokoška, petao, pijetao, pevac, pijevac, pile; Shan: ၵႆႇဢွၼ်ႇ, ၵႆႇ; Shona: huku; Sicilian: puddu; Sidamo: lukkichcho; Skolt Sami: kääˊnn; Slovak: sliepka, kurča, kura; Slovene: piščanec, petelin, kokoš; Somali: digaag; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: kokoš, kurje, kurjetko, kura; Upper Sorbian: ćipka, kokoš, kurjo, kurjatko; Sotho: kgoho; Spanish: pollo, gallina; Svan: ქათალ; Swahili: kuku; Swedish: höna, kyckling; Sylheti: ꠝꠥꠞꠥꠉ, ꠝꠥꠞ꠆ꠉꠣ, ꠝꠥꠞ꠆ꠉꠤ; Tagalog: manok; Tai Dam: cáy, ꪼꪀ꪿; Tamil: கோழி; Taos: lìlúna; Tausug: manuk; Tedim Chin: aak; Telugu: కోడి; Thai: ไก่; Tibetan: བྱ་དེ; Tocharian B: kranko; Tsakhur: кӏатӏе; Tumbuka: nkhuku; Turkish: piliç, tavuk; Uab Meto: manu; Ukrainian: курча, курка; Urdu: مرغا‎; Uzbek: tovuq; Venetian: polàstro; Vietnamese: gà; Volapük: gok; Walloon: poye; Welsh: cyw, iâr, cywion; West Coast Bajau: manuk; West Frisian: hin; Western Cham: منوء‎; White Hmong: qaib; Wolof: ganaar gi; Yami: manok; Yapese: nimen; Yiddish: הון‎; Zazaki: kerge; Zhuang: gaeq; Zou: ah

coward

Afrikaans: lafaard, papbroek; Albanian: frikacak; Arabic: جَبَان; Armenian: վախկոտ, ղզիկ; Azerbaijani: qorxaq; Bashkir: ҡурҡаҡ; Basque: koldar; Belarusian: баязлі́вец, баязлі́ўка, палахлі́вец, палахлі́ўка; Bulgarian: страхливец, страхливка; Catalan: covard; Cebuano: talawan; Chakma: 𑄛𑄘𑄢; Chamicuro: s̈hamle'c̈homa; nMandarin: 懦夫, 孬種, 孬种, 孱頭, 孱头, 膽小鬼, 胆小鬼; Chukchi: айыԓгыԓьын; Crimean Czech: zbabělec, zbabělkyně, bázlivec, posera; Danish: bangebuks, kujon, kryster; Dutch: lafaard, slapjanus, watje; Erzya: тандаль; Esperanto: malkuraĝulo, timemulo, timulo, poltrono; Estonian: argpüks; Faroese: bloyta, ræðuskítur, rædduskítur, bløka, ónytta; Finnish: pelkuri; French: couard, couarde, poltron, poltronne, froussard, froussarde, lâche; Galician: covarde, cagainas; Georgian: მშიშარა, მხდალი, ლაჩარი, ჯაბანი, ქვეშაჯვია; German: Feigling, Angsthase, Schisser, Schisserin, Hosenscheißer, Warmduscher; Greek: δειλός, δειλή, άνανδρος, κότα, φοβιτσιάρης, κιοτής, φοβητσιάρης; Ancient Greek: ἀβλεμής, ἀγεννής, ἀθέλιμνος, ἀθυμητής, ἄθυμος, αἰκέλιος, ἀκάρδιος, ἀνάλκιμος, ἄναλκις, ἄνανδρος, ἀνδρογύνης, ἄνευρος, ἀπομάλακος, ἀπότολμος, ἀσπιδαποβλής, ἄσπλαγχνος, ἄτολμος, ἀφάρυμος, ἀφιλοπόλεμος, ἄψυχος, βληχρός, γυναικίας, δεδείκελος, δειδήμων, δείλανδρος, δειλός, δειλόψυχος, δειμαλέος, ἐκπάλαιστος, ἐλεγχής, ἔνδειλος, κακόσπλαγχνος, λευκηπατίας, λυγρός, μαλακός, μαλακόψυχος, μαλθακός, ὀλιγόψυχος, περίδειλος, ῥίψασπις, τρέστης, φιλόζωος, φιλόψυχος, φυγαίχμης, φυγόμαχος, φύξηλις; Haitian Creole: kapon; Hebrew: פַּחְדָן, פחדנית, מוּג לֵב; Hindi: कायर, डरपोक, बुज़दिल, बुजदिल; Hungarian: gyáva; Icelandic: bleyða; Ido: poltrono, deskurajozo; Ilocano: natakrot; Indonesian: pengecut; Irish: cladhaire; Italian: codardo, pusillanime, vigliacco, vile, coniglio; Ivatan: matahaw; Japanese: 臆病者, 怖がり, 怖がり屋, 腰抜け, 弱虫, 卑怯者; Kapampangan: bayugin, galgawu, mataloti; Kazakh: қорқақ; Khmer: អ្នកកំសាក, កំសាក; Korean: 겁쟁이, 비겁자(卑怯者), 겁꾸러기, 겁보, 겁부(怯夫); Kurdish Northern Kurdish: tirsok, newêrek, bêcesaret, bêkulek, tirsonek, tirsoke; Kyrgyz: коркок; Lao: ຄົນຕາຂາວ, ຄົນຂີ້ຢ້ານ; Latvian: gļēvulis, gļēvule; Lithuanian: bailys; Luxembourgish: Feigling; Macedonian: кукавица, страшливец; Malagasy: fananga; Malay: pengecut; Malayalam: ഭീരു; Manx: aggleydagh; Maori: tautauhea, tautauwhea, tautauā, whiore hume, hukehuke, hamo pango, poromataku; Maranao: talaw; Middle English: coward; Mongolian Cyrillic: аймхай хүн, хулчгар хүн; Norwegian Bokmål: feiging, reddhare; Nynorsk: feiging, reddhare; Occitan: coard; Old English: earg; Persian: ترسو, نامرد, بزدل; Plautdietsch: Schietstremp; Polish: tchórz, strachajło, bojaźliwiec; Portuguese: covarde; Romanian: laș, lașă; Russian: трус, трусиха, трусишка, ссыкун, бздун, ссыкло, бояка, боягуз, боягузка; Scottish Gaelic: cladhaire, gealtaire; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: ку̏кавица; Roman: kȕkavica; Shan: ၵူၼ်းၶီႈယၢၼ်ႈ; Shor: қортуқ; Slovak: zbabelec, zbabelkyňa, bojazlivec, ustrašenec; Slovene: strahopetnež, strahopetnica; Spanish: cobarde, gallina; Swahili: mwoga; Swedish: fegis, mes; Tagalog: duwag; Tajik: тарсу, тарсончак, номард, буздил; Tatar: куркак; Telugu: పిరికివాడు; Thai: คนขี้ขลาด, ขี้ขลาด; Turkish: korkak, ödlek, tabansız; Ukrainian: боягуз, боягузка, страхополох; Uyghur: قورقۇنچاق; Uzbek: qoʻrqoq; Vietnamese: người nhát gan, người nhút nhát; Volapük: dredöfan, hidredöfan, jidredöfan, dredajiedan, dredahijiedan, dredajijiedan; Welsh: cachadur, cachgi, cachwr, llwfrgi, llyfrgi, cilgi; West Frisian: fiich, leffert; Yiddish: פּחדן, פּחדנטע, טרוס