ὁ ἀλέκτωρ, -ορος – a rooster, cockerel
πολλὰ μὲν ἔχει ὀνόματα ὁ ἀλέκτωρ· καλεῖται γὰρ καὶ „ὁ ἀλεκτρυών“ ἢ „ὁ ὄρνις“· πρωὶ δὲ ἐγείρει τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ᾄδων. πᾶσι δὲ γνώριμός ἐστι ὁ λόγος ὃν εἶπεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς πρὸς τὸν Πέτρον·
„Ἀμὴν λέγω σοι ὅτι ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ νυκτὶ πρὶν ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι τρὶς ἀπαρνήσῃ με. λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πέτρος, Κἂν δέῃ με σὺν σοὶ ἀποθανεῖν, οὐ μή σε ἀπαρνήσομαι. […]
μετὰ μικρὸν δὲ προσελθόντες οἱ ἑστῶτες εἶπον τῷ Πέτρῳ, Ἀληθῶς καὶ σὺ ἐξ αὐτῶν εἶ, καὶ γὰρ ἡ λαλιά σου δῆλόν σε ποιεῖ. τότε ἤρξατο καταθεματίζειν καὶ ὀμνύειν ὅτι Οὐκ οἶδα τὸν ἄνθρωπον. καὶ εὐθέως ἀλέκτωρ ἐφώνησεν. καὶ ἐμνήσθη ὁ Πέτρος τοῦ ῥήματος Ἰησοῦ εἰρηκότος ὅτι Πρὶν ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι τρὶς ἀπαρνήσῃ με· καὶ ἐξελθὼν ἔξω ἔκλαυσεν πικρῶς.“
κατὰ Ματθαῖον κς’
The rooster has many names: It is also called „ὁ ἀλεκτρυών“ or „ὁ ὄρνις“. In the morning it wakes the humans up by crowing. Well-known to everybody are the words which Jesus said to Peter:
“Truly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!” […]
After a little while the bystanders came up and said to Peter, “Certainly you too are one of them, for your accent betrays you.” Then he began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, “I do not know the man.” And immediately the rooster crowed. And Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, “Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.“ (Matthew 26.34-35, 73-75)