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ὄρνεον

orneon

bird

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὄρνεον · orneon — Beekes

ὄρνεον [n.] ‘bird’ (N 64). eVAR Also dpvic, -ἴθος [m., f.] ‘(augural) bird’ (IL), in later Att. especially ‘hen, cock’, acc.sg. also -tv, plur. also -εἰς, -ἰς (trag., D.), Dor. -ixos, etc. (Pi, Alcm., B., Theoc., Cyrene), dat.pl. -ίχεσσι and ~&, whence nom.sg. -ἰξ, gen.pl. -ixwv (Hell. pap.). *COMP A few late compounds, e.g. ὀρνεο-θηρευτική [f.] ‘the art of bird-catching’ (Ath.). Often as a … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄρνεον, p. 1157]

2. ὄρνεον · orneon — Chantraine

11. ὄρνεον τι. « oiseau » (11, 13,64, Th., Ar., etc.), τὰ ὄρνεα «marché aux oiseaux » (Ar.). Composés rares et tardifs : ὀρνεο-θηρευτική «art de l'oiseleur » (Ath.), -θυσία, -πώλης, -σκόπος, -φουτος, Dérivés : ὀρνεώδης « qui ressemble à un oiseau » dit d’un homme changeant (Plu.), -εὐτῆς « oiseleur » (Poll.), -εακός « qui concerne 168 oiseaux » (Tz.) ; verbe ὀρνεάζομαι « porter la tête haute comme pour guetter les … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄρνεον, p. 840]

3. ὄρνεον · orneon — Frisk

ὄρνεον, κερκιϑαλίς" ἐρῳδιός (vgl. αἰγίϑαλος), κέρκος" «ἀλεκτρυών H.; inwieweit Vermischung mit κέρκος ‘Schwanz eines Tieres’ (5. ἃ.) stattgefunden hat, bleibt offen. — [Frisk, s.v. ὄρνεον, p. 987]

4. ὄρνεον · orneon — Frisk

ὄρνεον ἢ. “Vogel’ (seit N 64). Einige sp. Kompp., z.B. ὀρνεοϑηρευτική f. “Vogelfängerkunst’” (Ath.). Davon dove-wöng ‘“vogelähnlich’ (Plu.), -ώτης m. "Vogelfänger’ (Poll.), -ακός “die Vögel betreffend’ (Tz.), -άζομαι *zwitschern’ (Aq.), ‘den Kopf hoch tragen’ („nach den Vögeln schauen‘, Kom. Adesp.). — Daneben ὅρνϊς, -ἴϑος usw. (seit Il.), Akk. sg. auch -w, pl. auch -εἰς, -ἴς (Trag., D.usw.), dor. -iyos usw. (Pi., … — [Frisk, s.v. ὄρνεον, p. 1393]

5. ὄρνεον · orneon — LSJ

bird

= ὄρνις, bird, Il. 13.64, Cratin. 108, Ar. Av. 291, 305, Th. 2.50, Pl. Phdr. 274c, al., Arist. GA 756a16, al.

II bird-market

τὰ ὄ. the bird-market, Ar. Av. 13.

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄρνεον (scan pp. 1157-1158; entry #4653).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄρνεον (scan p. 840; entry #6037).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄρνεον (scan pp. 1393-1394; entry #4332). Root candidates: *or-.

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