ὕραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Judging by the -αξ ending, Pre-Greek.[1] Latin sorex is probably from the same source (with a structure *sVr-Vk-).[1][2]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ῠ̔́ρᾰξ • (húrax) m (genitive ῠ̔́ρᾰκος); third declension

  1. shrewmouse (mammal of the family Soricidae)
    Synonym: μῡγᾰλέη (mūgaléē)

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ ῠ̔́ρᾰξ; τοῦ ῠ̔́ρᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ῠ̔́ρᾰξ
ho húrax		 τὼ ῠ̔́ρᾰκε
tṑ húrake		 οἱ ῠ̔́ρᾰκες
hoi húrakes
Genitive τοῦ ῠ̔́ρᾰκος
toû húrakos		 τοῖν ῠ̔ρᾰ́κοιν
toîn hurákoin		 τῶν ῠ̔ρᾰ́κων
tôn hurákōn
Dative τῷ ῠ̔́ρᾰκῐ
tôi húraki		 τοῖν ῠ̔ρᾰ́κοιν
toîn hurákoin		 τοῖς ῠ̔́ρᾰξῐ / ῠ̔́ρᾰξῐν
toîs húraxi(n)
Accusative τὸν ῠ̔́ρᾰκᾰ
tòn húraka		 τὼ ῠ̔́ρᾰκε
tṑ húrake		 τοὺς ῠ̔́ρᾰκᾰς
toùs húrakas
Vocative ῠ̔́ρᾰξ
húrax		 ῠ̔́ρᾰκε
húrake		 ῠ̔́ρᾰκες
húrakes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Greek: ύρακας (ýrakas)
  • → Translingual: Hyrax

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὕραξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1536
  2. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sōrex, -icis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576
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