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|etymtx=-όνος<br />Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: [[cock]] (Thgn.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[arekuturuwo]] \/[[Alektruon]]\/ PN.<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]<br />Etymology: The word seems built on <b class="b3">ἀλέκτωρ</b>, <b class="b3">-ορος</b> m. [[cock]] (Pi.) with the suffix <b class="b3">-υων</b>, as in <b class="b3">ἀλκυών</b>?; a little surprising as the suffix is rare. <b class="b3">ἀλέκτωρ</b> is the agent noun of <b class="b3">ἀλέξω</b> <b class="b2">ward off</b> (q. v.).
|etymtx=-όνος<br />Grammatical information: m. f.<br />Meaning: [[cock]] (Thgn.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[arekuturuwo]] \/[[Alektruon]]\/ PN.<br />Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]X [probably]<br />Etymology: The word seems built on <b class="b3">ἀλέκτωρ</b>, <b class="b3">-ορος</b> m. [[cock]] (Pi.) with the suffix <b class="b3">-υων</b>, as in <b class="b3">ἀλκυών</b>?; a little surprising as the suffix is rare. <b class="b3">ἀλέκτωρ</b> is the agent noun of <b class="b3">ἀλέξω</b> <b class="b2">ward off</b> (q. v.).
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|mdlsjtxt=[from [[ἀλέκτωρ]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> masc., a [[cock]], Theogn., etc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> fem. = [[ἀλεκτρύαινα]], a hen, Ar.
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