πτύγξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Perhaps of Pre-Greek origin, given the suffix -υγγ- (-ung-) found also in ῐ̓́ῠ̈γξ (ĭ́ŭ̈nx), λᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx) and πῑ́σῠγγος (pī́sŭngos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ptýŋks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈptyŋks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈptyŋks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈptyŋks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈptiŋks/
Noun
πτῠ́γξ • (ptŭ́nx) m (genitive πτῠ́γγος); third declension
- Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)
- Synonym: ὑβρῐ́ς (hubrĭ́s)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πτῠ́γξ ho ptŭ́nx |
τὼ πτῠ́γγε tṑ ptŭ́nge |
οἱ πτῠ́γγες hoi ptŭ́nges | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πτῠγγός toû ptŭngós |
τοῖν πτῠγγοῖν toîn ptŭngoîn |
τῶν πτῠγγῶν tôn ptŭngôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πτῠγγῐ́ tōî ptŭngĭ́ |
τοῖν πτῠγγοῖν toîn ptŭngoîn |
τοῖς πτῠγξῐ́ / πτῠγξῐ́ν toîs ptŭnxĭ́(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πτῠ́γγᾰ tòn ptŭ́ngă |
τὼ πτῠ́γγε tṑ ptŭ́nge |
τοὺς πτῠ́γγᾰς toùs ptŭ́ngăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πτῠ́γξ ptŭ́nx |
πτῠ́γγε ptŭ́nge |
πτῠ́γγες ptŭ́nges | ||||||||||
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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