ἶδυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -υκ-, which is found also in ἄμπυξ (ámpux).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἶδῠξ • (îdux) m (genitive ἴ̄δῠκος); third declension

  1. beech marten (Martes foina)
    Synonym: ἴκτις (íktis)

Declension

Further reading

  • ἶδυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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