πετεινός, ή, όν,
also πετηνός (see. near the end), and πτηνός (see. entry), Epic dialect and poetry πετεηνός (also πετεεινός [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.337 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus), 363.22 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus))] Refs 1st c.BC+]:— able to fly, full-fledged, of young birds, πάρος πετεηνὰ γενέσθαι [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.218 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of birds generally, able to fly, winged, πετηνῶν.. ὑπ᾽ οἰωνῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1025; πετηνοῖς γυψί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 515; also π. ἵππος 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 342: _absolutely_, πετεηνά] Refs 5th c.BC+] winged fowl, αἰετὸς.. τελειότατος πετεηνῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.247, +others ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; πετεινόν a bird, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1097 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; τὰ πετεινά (with variant{πετηνά}) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.140, 2.123, 3.106, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 132.—Thom.Mag. p.272 R. rejects the form πετεινός: Πετηνή] Refs 5th c.BC+] is the name of an Attic dialectship in [[ “IG” 22.1611.138. ] Refs]