ἐρίθακος

See also: ἐριθακός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἐρῑθᾰκός (erīthăkós), ἐρῑθεύς (erītheús), ἐρῑ́θῠλος (erī́thŭlos)

Etymology

Uncertain. Frisk suggests a connection with ἔρῑθος (érīthos); others propose a possible link to ἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐρῑ́θᾰκος • (erī́thăkos) m (genitive ἐρῑθᾰ́κου); second declension

  1. a type of bird, most likely the robin redbreast, Erithacus rubecula; a robin
  2. a mimetic talking bird, such as a parrot or raven

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἐρῑ́θᾰκος; τοῦ ἐρῑθᾰ́κου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἐρῑ́θᾰκος
ho erī́thăkos 		τὼ ἐρῑθᾰ́κω
tṑ erīthắkō 		οἱ ἐρῑ́θᾰκοι
hoi erī́thăkoi
Genitive τοῦ ἐρῑθᾰ́κου
toû erīthắkou 		τοῖν ἐρῑθᾰ́κοιν
toîn erīthắkoin 		τῶν ἐρῑθᾰ́κων
tôn erīthắkōn
Dative τῷ ἐρῑθᾰ́κῳ
tōî erīthắkōi 		τοῖν ἐρῑθᾰ́κοιν
toîn erīthắkoin 		τοῖς ἐρῑθᾰ́κοις
toîs erīthắkois
Accusative τὸν ἐρῑ́θᾰκον
tòn erī́thăkon 		τὼ ἐρῑθᾰ́κω
tṑ erīthắkō 		τοὺς ἐρῑθᾰ́κους
toùs erīthắkous
Vocative ἐρῑ́θᾰκε
erī́thăke 		ἐρῑθᾰ́κω
erīthắkō 		ἐρῑ́θᾰκοι
erī́thăkoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • ἐρῑθᾰκώδης (erīthăkṓdēs)

Descendants

  • → Latin: erīthacus, erītheūs
    • New Latin: Erithacus

Further reading

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