ὄρνις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably originally a feminine of ὄρνεον (orneon)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /órni͜is/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /órniːs/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /órnis/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /órnis/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /óɾnis/

Noun

ὄρνις (genitive ὄρνιθος) m/f, third declension; (ornīs)

1. bird
2. chicken

Inflection

Third declension of ὄρνῑς, ὄρνῑθος

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὄρνῑς	ὄρνῑθε	ὄρνῑθες
Genitive	ὄρνῑθος	ὀρνίθοιν	ὀρνίθων
Dative	ὄρνῑθῐ	ὀρνίθοιν	ὄρνῑσῐ(ν)
Accusative	ὄρνῑθᾰ, ὄρνῑν	ὄρνῑθε	ὄρνῑθᾰς
Vocative	ὄρνῑ	ὄρνῑθε	ὄρνῑθες

Related terms

• ὄρνεον (orneon)

Derived terms

• ὀρνίθειος (ornitheios)
• ὀρνιθεύω (ornitheuō)

References

• Woodhouse’s English-Greek Dictionary page 79