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"><span class="bld">A</span> [[able to fly]], [[full-fledged]], of young birds, πάρος πετεηνὰ γενέσθαι <span class="bibl">Od.16.218</span>; of birds generally, [[able to fly]], [[winged]], 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., [[πετεηνά]] [[winged fowl]], αἰετὸς… τελειότατος πετεηνῶν <span class="bibl">Il.8.247</span>, al.; [[πετεινόν]] a [[bird]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.1097</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ πετεινά</b> (with [[varia lectio|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 [[πετεινός]] : [[Πετηνή]] is the name of an Att. ship in <span class="title">IG</span>22.1611.138.</span>