πετεινός: Difference between revisions

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