ἀλεκτρυών

See also: Ἀλεκτρυών

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓λέκτωρ (ăléktōr, “cock, rooster”) +‎ -υών (-uṓn, an obscure suffix also appearing in ἀλκυών (alkuṓn, “kingfisher”)). The first element is the agentive noun of ᾰ̓λέξω (ăléxō, “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

(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 • (ălektrŭṓn) m or f (genitive ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνος); third declension

(masculine) a male chicken: cock, rooster
(feminine) a female chicken: hen
guinea fowl

Declension

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

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠών ho, hē ălektrŭṓn	τὼ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνε tṑ ălektrŭóne	οἱ, αἱ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνες hoi, hai ălektrŭónes
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνος toû, tês ălektrŭónos	τοῖν ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνοιν toîn ălektrŭónoin	τῶν ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνων tôn ălektrŭónōn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνῐ tōî, tēî ălektrŭónĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνοιν toîn ălektrŭónoin	τοῖς, ταῖς ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόσῐ / ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόσῐν toîs, taîs ălektrŭósĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνᾰ tòn, tḕn ălektrŭónă	τὼ ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνε tṑ ălektrŭóne	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνᾰς toùs, tā̀s ălektrŭónăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓λεκτρῠών ălektrŭṓn	ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνε ălektrŭóne	ᾰ̓λεκτρῠόνες ălektrŭónes
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)

Descendants

→ Translingual: Alectryon

References

^ 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

“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 (2006–2025)
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cock idem, page 141.
- hen idem, page 396.

[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

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