Ath. 9.373 sq. (Cf.ὄρν-εον,Goth.ara,gen.arins'eagle', etc.) [In the trisyll. casesῑalways: Hom. hasὄρνῑςin Il. 9.323 , 12.218 , butὄρνῐςib. 24.219 ; and later Ep. use bothὄρνῑςandὄρνῐς: in Trag. both quantities are found,ὄρνῐςin 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 wordsτίς ὄρνῐς οὗτος; are borrowed from Sophocles;ὄρνῑςis 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,
2. metaph.,omen taken from the flightorcries of birds,
Il. 10.277 , al.: generally,omen, presage,without direct reference to birds, 24.219 , Pi. P. 4.19 ; ὄρνιθα δ' 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 τελέανcock andhen, 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 σιτευτόςfattedfowl,
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
11
.
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'pigeon's 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 .
