Ancient Greek

Noun

ἀλέκτωρ • ‎(aléktōr) m ‎(genitive ἀλέκτορος); third declension

1. cock, rooster
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1671

     κόμπασον θαρσῶν, ἀλέκτωρ ὥστε θηλείας πέλας

     Brag in your bravery like a cock beside his hen.

2. husband, consort
   • Tz., ad Lyc. 1094

Inflection

Derived terms

Synonyms

• ἀλέκτορον ‎(aléktoron)
• ἀλεκτρυών ‎(alektruṓn)

References

• ἀλέκτωρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer lexicon
• “G220”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Etymology 2

From ἀ- ‎(a-, “not”) +‎ λέχομαι ‎(lékhomai, “I lay”) +‎ -τωρ ‎(-tōr, “-er”). The meaning is supplied by λέκτρον ‎(léktron, “marriage-bed”).

Adjective

ᾰ̓λέκτωρ • ‎(aléktōr)

1. (hapax legomenon) unwedded
   • 250–350 BC, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 3.53

     ἔφη 'γενέθλιός ἐστι τῆς ἀλέκτορος Ἀθηνᾶς καὶ ἄδικος ἡ τῆτες ἡμέρα.'

     He said, "This is the birthday of the unwedded goddess Minerva, and this day is unjust."

Inflection

Synonyms

• ἄλεκτρος ‎(álektros)

References

• ἀλέκτωρ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλέκτωρ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ἀλέκτωρ» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἀλέκτωρ» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• ἀλέκτωρ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G220”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cock idem, page 141.