ἀλεκτρυών

ἀλεκτρυών

See also: Ἀλεκτρυών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓λέκτωρ (aléktōr, “cock, rooster”) +‎ -υών (-uṓn, an obscure suffix also appearing in ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”)). The first element is the agentive noun of ᾰ̓λέξω (aléxō, “ward off”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek-s-, an *s-derivative of *h₂lek- (“protect”). Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀨𐀓𐀶𐀬𐀺 (a-ra-ku-tu-ru-wo /Alektruōn/).[1]

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lek.try.ɔ̌ːn/ → /a.lek.tryˈon/ → /a.lek.triˈon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lek.try.ɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.lek.tryˈon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.lek.tryˈon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.lek.tryˈon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.lek.triˈon/

Noun

ᾰ̓λεκτρῠών • (alektruṓn) m or f (genitive ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνος); third declension

1. (masculine) a male chicken: cock, rooster
2. (feminine) a female chicken: hen
3. guinea fowl

Declension

Third declension of ὁ, ἡ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠών; τοῦ, τῆς ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠών ho, hē alektruṓn	τὼ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνε tṑ alektruóne	οἱ, αἱ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνες hoi, hai alektruónes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνος toû, tês alektruónos	τοῖν ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνοιν toîn alektruónoin	τῶν ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνων tôn alektruónōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνῐ tôi, têi alektruóni	τοῖν ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνοιν toîn alektruónoin	τοῖς, ταῖς ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόσῐ / ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόσῐν toîs, taîs alektruósi(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνᾰ tòn, tḕn alektruóna	τὼ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνε tṑ alektruóne	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνᾰς toùs, tā̀s alektruónas
Vocative	ᾰ̓λεκτρῠών alektruṓn	ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνε alektruóne	ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνες alektruónes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀλεκτρύαινα (alektrúaina)
• ἀλεκτρυόνειος (alektruóneios)
• ἀλεκτρυόνιλον (alektruónilon)
• ἀλεκτρυονίς (alektruonís)
• ἀλεκτρυονοπώλης (alektruonopṓlēs)
• ἀλεκτρυονοτρόφος (alektruonotróphos)
• ἀλεκτρυονώδης (alektruonṓdēs)
• ἀλεκτρυοπώλιον (alektruopṓlion)

 

Related terms

• ἀλέκτωρ (aléktōr)
• ἱππαλεκτρυών (hippalektruṓn)

References

1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “ἀλεκτρυών”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 64

Further reading

• “ἀλεκτρυών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀλεκτρυών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀλεκτρυών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀλεκτρυών in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cock idem, page 141.
  • hen idem, page 396.