όρνιο

Greek

Alternative forms

όρνεο n (órneo)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄρνεον (órneon).

Noun

όρνιο • (órnio) n (plural όρνια)

vulture, especially griffon vulture
(more generally) bird of prey
(figuratively) stupid person

Declension

declension of όρνιο

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	όρνιο •	όρνια •
genitive	όρνιου •	όρνιων •
accusative	όρνιο •	όρνια •
vocative	όρνιο •	όρνια •

Coordinate terms

αρπακτικό πτηνό n (arpaktikó ptinó, “bird of prey”)
πτωματοφάγο n (ptomatofágo, “carrion eater”)
γυπαετός m (gypaetós, “lammergeier”)

Descendants

→ Aromanian: ornji

Further reading

όρνιο - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
όρνιο on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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