ψιττακός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • βίττακος (bíttakos), σιττακός (sittakós), ψιττάκη (psittákē)

Etymology

Unknown. Likely of non-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ψιττᾰκός • (psittakós) m (genitive ψιττᾰκοῦ); second declension

  1. parrot

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ψιττᾰκός; τοῦ ψιττᾰκοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ψιττᾰκός
ho psittakós		 τὼ ψιττᾰκώ
tṑ psittakṓ		 οἱ ψιττᾰκοί
hoi psittakoí
Genitive τοῦ ψιττᾰκοῦ
toû psittakoû		 τοῖν ψιττᾰκοῖν
toîn psittakoîn		 τῶν ψιττᾰκῶν
tôn psittakôn
Dative τῷ ψιττᾰκῷ
tôi psittakôi		 τοῖν ψιττᾰκοῖν
toîn psittakoîn		 τοῖς ψιττᾰκοῖς
toîs psittakoîs
Accusative τὸν ψιττᾰκόν
tòn psittakón		 τὼ ψιττᾰκώ
tṑ psittakṓ		 τοὺς ψιττᾰκούς
toùs psittakoús
Vocative ψιττᾰκέ
psittaké		 ψιττᾰκώ
psittakṓ		 ψιττᾰκοί
psittakoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Latin: psittacus
    • German: Sittich

Further reading
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