Lexical Definition

‎ὄρνις‎ órnis (or'-nis) hen ^G:N-F
probably from a prolonged form of the base of ‎ὄρος‎

hen.

• a bird (as rising in the air), i.e. (specially), a hen (or female domestic fowl)

Abbott-Smith

ὄρνις, -ιθος, ὁ, ἡ, [in LXX: ὄ. ἐκλεκταί, III Ki 3:1 4:23 (5:3*) (בַּרְבֻּרִים)*;]
a bird; specif., a cock, a hen: Mt 23:3, Lk 13:34 (WH).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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 [ὄρνις \_nominative\_ in 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 26.4)">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+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Luke.13.34}