πετεινός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, also πετηνός (v. fin.), and πτηνός (v. sub voc.), Ep. and poet. πετεηνός (also πετεεινός <span class="title">AP</span>9.337 (Leon.), <span class="bibl">363.22</span> (Mel.)):—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">able to fly, full-fledged</b>, of young birds, πάρος πετεηνὰ γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.16.218</span>; of birds generally, <b class="b2">able to fly, winged</b>, πετηνῶν . . ὑπ' οἰωνῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>1025</span> ; πετηνοῖς γυψί <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>515</span> ; also π. ἵππος <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span> 342</span> : abs., <b class="b3">πετεηνά</b> <b class="b2">winged fowl</b>, αἰετὸς . . τελειότατος πετεηνῶν <span class="bibl">Il.8.247</span>, al. ; <b class="b3">πετεινόν</b> <b class="b2">a bird</b>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.1097</span> ; <b class="b3">τὰ πετεινά</b> (with v.l. [[πετηνά]]) <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.140</span>, <span class="bibl">2.123</span>, <span class="bibl">3.106</span>, <span class="bibl">Lycurg.132</span>.—Thom.Mag.<span class="bibl">p.272</span> R. rejects the form <b class="b3">πετεινός</b> : <b class="b3">Πετηνή</b> is the name of an Att.ship in <span class="title">IG</span>22.1611.138.</span>