μήρυξ

Ancient Greek

μήρῡξ • (mḗrūx) m (genitive μήρῡκος); third declension

(literally) A ruminant; something which ruminates or chews the cud.
Mediterranean parrotfish (Sparisoma cretense)
- 4th century B.C., Ἀριστοτέλης [Aristotélēs, Aristotle], Τῶν περὶ τὰ ζῷα ἱστοριῶν [Tôn perì tà zōîa historiôn, The History of Animals]‎^[1], volume Ι΄ [10], page 632b:
  Μηρυκάζει δὲ καὶ τῶν ἀμφωδόντων ἔνια, οἷον οἵ τε μύες οἱ Ποντικοί, καὶ ἄλλοι ἰχθύες καὶ ὃν καλοῦσιν ἔνιοι ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔργου μήρυκα.
  Mērukázei dè kaì tôn amphōdóntōn énia, hoîon hoí te múes hoi Pontikoí, kaì álloi ikhthúes kaì hòn kaloûsin énioi apò toû érgou mḗruka.
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Third declension of ὁ μήρῡξ; τοῦ μήρῡκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μήρῡξ ho mḗrūx	τὼ μήρῡκε tṑ mḗrūke	οἱ μήρῡκες hoi mḗrūkes
Genitive	τοῦ μήρῡκος toû mḗrūkos	τοῖν μηρῡ́κοιν toîn mērū́koin	τῶν μηρῡ́κων tôn mērū́kōn
Dative	τῷ μήρῡκῐ tōî mḗrūkĭ	τοῖν μηρῡ́κοιν toîn mērū́koin	τοῖς μήρῡξῐ / μήρῡξῐν toîs mḗrūxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν μήρῡκᾰ tòn mḗrūkă	τὼ μήρῡκε tṑ mḗrūke	τοὺς μήρῡκᾰς toùs mḗrūkăs
Vocative	μήρῡξ mḗrūx	μήρῡκε mḗrūke	μήρῡκες mḗrūkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

“μήρυξ”, in Dictionary of Greek‎^[2] (overall work in Greek), Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias, 2013