ὄρνις

ὄρνις, ὁ, also ἡ Il. 9.323, 14.290, al., freq. in Att., cf. III; gen. ὄρνῑθος; acc. sg. ὄρνῑθα and ὄρνιν, neither in Hom. : pl., nom. and acc. ὄρνῑθες, -θας, but in acc. also ὄρνεις or ὄρνῑς (S. OT 966, E. Hipp. 1059, Ar. Av. 717, 1250, 1610, D. 19.245, etc.):—also ὄρνιξ, PCair.Zen. 375.1 (iii B. C.), v.l. in Ev.Luc. 13.34, called Ion. and Dor. by Phot. (but ὄρνις nom. in Alcm. 26.4); acc. ὄρνῑχα Pi. O. 2.88; gen. ὄρνῑχος Id. I. 6(5).53: nom. pl. ὄρνῑχες B. 5.22, Theoc. 7.47; gen. pl. ὀρνίχων Alcm. 67, Abh.Berl.Akad. 1925(5).33 (Cyrene, iv B. C.) ; dat. ὄρνιξι, ὀρνίχεσσι, Pi. P. 5.112,4.190 (ὄρνιξι also in PLond. 1.131r.125, al. (i A. D.)): on the gender and declens., v. Ath. 9.373 sq. (Cf. ὄρν-εον, Goth.ara, gen. arins ‘eagle’, etc.) [In the trisyll. cases ῑ always: Hom. has ὄρνῑς in Il. 9.323,12.218, but ὄρνῐς ib.24.219 ; and later Ep. use both ὄρνῑς and ὄρνῐς: in Trag. both quantities are found, ὄρνῐς in A. Fr. 304.3 (-ῐν), S. Ant. 1021, El. 149 (lyr.), Fr. 654, E. HF 72, and so Philem. 79.10 ; but ὄρνῑς E. Ba. 1365, and always in Ar. (Av. 103, al.), for in ib.168, the words τίς ὄρνῐς οὗτος; are borrowed from Sophocles; ὄρνῑς is said to be Att., EM 632.8.] I. bird, including birds of prey and domestic fowls, Hom., etc.; applied to ostriches, X. An. 1.2.7 : freq. added to the specific names, ὄρνισιν ἐοικότες αἰγυπιοῖσιν Il. 7.59 ; λάρῳ ὄρνιθι ἐοικώς Od. 5.51; ὄ. ἀηδών, πέρδιξ, S. Aj. 629,Fr. 323 ; ὄ. ἁλκυών, ὄ. κύκνος, E. IT 1089 (lyr.), Hel. 19. II. like οἰωνός, bird of omen, from the flight or cries of which the augur divined, Hes. Op. 828 ; δεξιός, ἀριστερὸς ὄρνις, Il. 13.821, Od. 20.242, al. ; χρηστηρίους ὄρνιθας A. Th. 26, cf.Ag. 112,157 (both lyr.); ὄ. αἴσιος S. OT 52, cf. Plu. Fab. 19, Gal. 12.314 ; ὀρνίθων οἰωνίσματα E. Ph. 839. 2. metaph., omen taken from the flight or cries of birds, Il. 10.277, al.: generally, omen, presage, without direct reference to birds, 24.219, Pi. P. 4.19 ; ὄρνιθα δʼ οὐ ποιῶ σε τῆς ἐμῆς ὁδοῦ A. Fr. 95, cf. E. IA 988, Ar. Pl. 63, Av. 719 sqq.; v. ὅδιος. III. in Att. ὄρνις, ὁ, is mostly, cock, S. El. 18 ; κοκκυβόας ὄ. Id. Fr. 791, cf. Ar. V. 815 ; ὄρνις, ἡ, hen, Men. 167,168, PCair.Zen. 266 (iii B. C., pl.); ἀλέκτορα καὶ ὄρνιθα τελέαν cock and hen, TAM 2(1).245.8 (Lycia); in full, ὄ. ἐνοίκιος A. Eu. 866 ; θήλεια ὄ. S. Fr. 477 ; πότερον ὄ. ἢ ταὧς; Ar. Av. 102 (with play on this signf. and signf. I) ; ὁ ὄρνιξ ὁ σιτευτός fatted fowl, PCair.Zen. 375.1 ; ὀρνίθων φοινικολόφων Theoc. 22.72, cf. 24.64, Mosch. 3.49 ; ὄ. οἰκίης Babr. 17.1 ; also, goose, Id. 123.1. IV. in pl. sts., bird-market, D. 19.245 ; cf. ὄρνεον II. V. Μοισᾶν ὄρνιχες song-birds, i.e. poets, Theoc. 7.47. VI. Provs.: διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν A. Ag. 394 (lyr.) ; ὄ. ὥς τις ἐκ χερῶν ἄφαντος E. Hipp. 828; ὀρνίθων γάλα ‘pigeonʼs milk’, i.e. any marvellous dainty or good fortune, Ar. V. 508,Av. 1673, Mnesim. 9, Men. 936 ; but ὄρνιθος γάλα white of egg, Anaxag. 22 ; also a plant, v. ὀρνιθόγαλον. VII. a constellation, later Cygnus, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.16, Arat. 275, Ptol. Tetr. 26.