ὄρυξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Related to ὀρύσσω (orússō, “I dig, scrape”), though this is likely a derivative of ὄρυξ. Likely cognate with Latin runcō (“I grub up”). The sense of oryx is likely a loanword accreted by analogy with the animal's pointed horns.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ó.ryks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈo.ryks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈo.ryks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈo.ryks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈo.riks/
Noun
ὄρυξ • (órux) m (genitive ὄρῠγος); third declension
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | ὁ ὄρῠξ ho órux |
τὼ ὄρῠγε tṑ óruge |
οἱ ὄρῠγες hoi óruges | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὄρῠγος toû órugos |
τοῖν ὀρῠ́γοιν toîn orúgoin |
τῶν ὀρῠ́γων tôn orúgōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὄρῠγῐ tôi órugi |
τοῖν ὀρῠ́γοιν toîn orúgoin |
τοῖς ὄρῠξῐ / ὄρῠξῐν toîs óruxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὄρῠγᾰ tòn óruga |
τὼ ὄρῠγε tṑ óruge |
τοὺς ὄρῠγᾰς toùs órugas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὄρῠξ órux |
ὄρῠγε óruge |
ὄρῠγες óruges | ||||||||||
Notes: |
|
Further reading
- “ὄρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ὄρυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ὄρυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.