βαῖβυξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes of Pre-Greek origin, as seens in other words sharing the same suffix, like δοῖδυξ (doîdux, “pestle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bâi̯.byks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbɛ.byks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβɛ.βyks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈve.vyks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈve.viks/
Noun
βαῖβυξ • (baîbux) m (genitive βαίβυκος); third declension
- pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
- Synonyms: ὀνοκρότᾰλος (onokrótălos), πελεκάν (pelekán), πελεκῖνος (pelekînos)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βαῖβῠξ ho baîbŭx |
τὼ βαίβῠκε tṑ baíbŭke |
οἱ βαίβῠκες hoi baíbŭkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βαίβῠκος toû baíbŭkos |
τοῖν βαιβῠ́κοιν toîn baibŭ́koin |
τῶν βαιβῠ́κων tôn baibŭ́kōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βαίβῠκῐ tōî baíbŭkĭ |
τοῖν βαιβῠ́κοιν toîn baibŭ́koin |
τοῖς βαίβῠξῐ / βαίβῠξῐν toîs baíbŭxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βαίβῠκᾰ tòn baíbŭkă |
τὼ βαίβῠκε tṑ baíbŭke |
τοὺς βαίβῠκᾰς toùs baíbŭkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βαῖβῠξ baîbŭx |
βαίβῠκε baíbŭke |
βαίβῠκες baíbŭkes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βαῖβυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βαῖβυξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “βαῖβυξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 191