cock; yellow rattle, Rhinanthusmajor
Ancient Greek word, found 19 times in the texts on Socratos.
Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 7.123: μηδὲ πόδας τρίβωμες· ὁ δʼ ὄρθριος ἄλλον ἀλέκτωρ
Aeschylus, Eumenides 861: μήτʼ, ἐξελοῦσʼ ὡς καρδίαν ἀλεκτόρων,