hen

Greek Noun Female

ὄρνις, -ιθος, ὁ, ἡ [in LXX: ὄ. ἐκλεκταί, I2Ki.3:1 4:23 (3Ki.5:3) (בַּרְבֻּר)*;] a bird; specif, a cock, a hen: Mat.23:3, Luk.13:34 (WH). (AS)

hen

Greek Noun Female

ὄρνις, ὁ, also ἡ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; genitive ὄρνῑθο; accusative singular ὄρνῑθα and ὄρνιν, neither in [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—also ὄρνιξ, [NT+3rd c.BC+], called Ionic dialect and Doric dialect by [Refs 7th c.BC+]; accusative ὄρνῑχα [Refs 7th c.BC+]; dative ὄρνιξι, ὀρνίχεσσι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: on the gender and declension, see [Refs 2nd c.AD+] Gothic ara, genitive arins 'eagle', etc.) [In the trisyllable cases ῑ always: [Refs 8th c.BC+]; and later Epic dialect use both ὄρνῑς and ὄρνῐς: in Trag. both quantities are found, ὄρνῐς in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; are borrowed from Sophocles; ὄρνῑς is said to be Attic dialect, [Refs] I) bird, including birds of prey and domestic fowls, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; applied to ostriches, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently added to the specific names, ὄρνισιν ἐοικότες αἰγυπιοῖσιν [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄ. ἀηδών, πέρδιξ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄ. ἁλκυών, ὄ. κύκνος, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) like{οἰωνός}, bird of omen, from the flight or cries of which the augur divined, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; δεξιός, ἀριστερὸς ὄρνις, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.2) metaphorically, omen taken from the flight or cries of birds, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: generally, omen, presage, without direct reference to birds,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; see at {ὅδιος}. III) in Attic dialect ὄρνις, ὁ, is mostly, cock, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὄρνις, ἡ, hen, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀλέκτορα καὶ ὄρνιθα τελέαν cock and hen, [Refs]; in full, ὄ. ἐνοίκιος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πότερον ὄ. ἢ ταὧ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ὄρνιξ ὁ σιτευτός fatted fowl, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also, goose, [Refs] IV) in plural sometimes, bird-market, [Refs 4th c.BC+] V) Μοισᾶν ὄρνιχες song-birds, i.e. poets, [Refs 3rd c.BC+] VI) Provs: διώκει παῖς ποτανὸν ὄρνιν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὀρνίθων γάλα 'pigeon's milk', i.e. any marvellous dainty or good fortune, [Refs 5th c.BC+]white of egg, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also a plant, see at {ὀρνιθόγαλον}. VII) a constellation, later Cygnus, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

a bird (as rising in the air), i.e. (specially), a hen (or female domestic fowl); hen; probably from a prolonged form of the base of g3735 (ὄρος)