ἐρίθακος

See also: ἐριθακός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ἐριθακός (erithakós), ἐριθεύς (eritheús), ἐρίθυλος (eríthulos)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἐρῑ́θακος • (erī́thakos) m (genitive ἐρῑθάκου); 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

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἐρῑ́θακος; τοῦ ἐρῑθάκου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἐρῑ́θακος
ho erī́thakos		 τὼ ἐρῑθάκω
tṑ erīthákō		 οἱ ἐρῑ́θακοι
hoi erī́thakoi
Genitive τοῦ ἐρῑθάκου
toû erīthákou		 τοῖν ἐρῑθάκοιν
toîn erīthákoin		 τῶν ἐρῑθάκων
tôn erīthákōn
Dative τῷ ἐρῑθάκῳ
tôi erīthákōi		 τοῖν ἐρῑθάκοιν
toîn erīthákoin		 τοῖς ἐρῑθάκοις
toîs erīthákois
Accusative τὸν ἐρῑ́θακον
tòn erī́thakon		 τὼ ἐρῑθάκω
tṑ erīthákō		 τοὺς ἐρῑθάκους
toùs erīthákous
Vocative ἐρῑ́θακε
erī́thake		 ἐρῑθάκω
erīthákō		 ἐρῑ́θακοι
erī́thakoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • ἐριθακώδης (erithakṓdēs)

Descendants
  • → Latin: erithacus, erītheūs
    • New Latin: Erithacus

Further reading
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