πτύγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps of Pre-Greek origin, given the suffix -υγγ found also in ἴυγξ (íunx), λάρυγξ (lárunx) and πίσυγγος (písungos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ptýŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ptyŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ptyŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ptyŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ptiŋks/
Noun
πτῠ́γξ • (ptúnx) m (genitive πτῠ́γγος); third declension
- Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
- Synonym: ὑβρίς (hubrís)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πτῠ́γξ ho ptúnx |
τὼ πτῠ́γγε tṑ ptúnge |
οἱ πτῠ́γγες hoi ptúnges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πτῠγγός toû ptungós |
τοῖν πτῠγγοῖν toîn ptungoîn |
τῶν πτῠγγῶν tôn ptungôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πτῠγγῐ́ tôi ptungí |
τοῖν πτῠγγοῖν toîn ptungoîn |
τοῖς πτῠγξῐ́ / πτῠγξῐ́ν toîs ptunxí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πτῠ́γγᾰ tòn ptúnga |
τὼ πτῠ́γγε tṑ ptúnge |
τοὺς πτῠ́γγᾰς toùs ptúngas | ||||||||||
Vocative | πτῠ́γξ ptúnx |
πτῠ́γγε ptúnge |
πτῠ́γγες ptúnges | ||||||||||
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References
- “πτύγξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πτύγξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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