ojrnivqion
ojrnivqion »ni<Eth>1/4, tov , Dim. of o[rni" , a small bird, Hdt.
ojrniqovgono"
ojrni<Eth>qov-gono" , on , ( givgnomai ) sprung from a bird, Eur.
ojrniqoqhvra"
ojrni<Eth>qo-qhvra" , ou, oJ , ( qhravw ) a bird-catcher, fowler, Ar.
ojrniqolovco"
ojrni<Eth>qo-lovco" , Dor. ojrni<Eth>c- , oJ , ( locavw ) = foreg.,Pind.
ojrniqomanevw
ojrni<Eth>qoma±nevw , to be bird-mad, Ar. From ojrniqomanhv"
ojrniqomanhv"
ojrni<Eth>qo-ma±nhv" , ev" , ( maivnomai ) bird-mad, Ath.
ojrniqopevdh
ojrni<Eth>qo-pevdh , hJ , a snare for birds, Anth.
ojrniqoskovpo"
ojrni<Eth>qo-skovpo" , on , ( skopevw ) observing and predicting by the flight and cries of birds: — qa`ko" ojrn . an augurs seat, Lat. templum augurale , Soph.
ojrniqotrofiva
ojrni<Eth>qotrofiva , hJ , a keeping of birds, Plut. From ojrniqotrovfo"
ojrniqotrovfo"
ojrni<Eth>qo-trovfo" , on , ( trevfw ) keeping birds.
o[rnio"
o[rnio" , poët. for ojrnivqeio" , Anth.
o[rni", [ORNIS
[ORNIS [ i<Eth>Ø ] , oJ and hJ : gen. o[rni<Eth>qo" ; acc. o[rniØqa and o[rnin :—plur., nom. and acc. o[rniqe", -qa" , but in acc. also o[rnei" or o[rni<Eth>" :—Dor. acc. o[rni<Eth>ca ; gen. pl. ojrnivcwn ; dat. o[rnixi, ojrnivcessi (as if from o[rnix ):
I. a bird, Hom., etc.; often added to the specific names, o[rnisin ejoikovte" aijgupioi`sin Il.; lavrw/ o[rniqi ejoikwv" Od.; o[. ajhdwvn, pevrdix Soph.; o[. aJlkuwvn, o[. kuvkno" Eur.
II.
like
oijwnov"
,
a bird of omen,
from the flight or cries of which the augur divined, Hom., Soph.
2.
metaph., like Lat.
avis
for
augurium, the omen
or
prophecy taken from the flight
or
cries of birds,
Hom. , etc.:—then, generally,
an omen, presage,
without direct reference to birds, Il.
III.
in Att.,
o[rni", oJ
, is mostly
acock,
o[rni", hJ
,
a hen,
Soph., Ar., etc.
IV.
in pl. sometimes
the bird-market,
Ar., Dem.
V.
Moisa`n o[rniqe"
birds
of the Muses, i.e. Poets, Theocr.:—proverb.,
ojrnivqwn gavla
‘pigeons milk,’
i.e. any marvellous dainty or good fortune, Ar.