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πετεινός

πετεινός, able to fly, full fledged

πετεινός, ή, όν, 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 . . ὑπʼ 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; τὰ πετεινά (with 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 2(2).1611.138.

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