πετεινός
peteinos
able to fly, full-fledged
Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
πετεινός, ή, όν, also πετηνός (v. fin.), and πτηνός (v. sub voc.), Ep. and poet. πετεηνός (also πετεεινός AP 9.337 (), 363.22 ()):—A. able to fly, full-fledged, of young birds, πάρος πετεηνὰ γενέσθαι Od. 16.218; of birds generally, able to fly, winged, πετηνῶν . . ὑπʼ οἰωνῶν Th. 1025 ; πετηνοῖς γυψί Rh. 515 ; also π. ἵππος Pk. 342 : abs., πετεηνά winged fowl, αἰετὸς . . τελειότατος πετεηνῶν Il. 8.247, al. ; πετεινόν a bird, 1097 ; τὰ πετεινά (with v.l. πετηνά) 1.140, 2.123, 3.106, 132.—Thom.Mag.p.272 R. rejects the form πετεινός : Πετηνή is the name of an Att.ship in IG 22.1611.138.
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