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

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rǐː.tʰa.kos/ → /eˈri.θa.kos/ → /eˈri.θa.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rǐː.tʰa.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈri.tʰa.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.θa.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈri.θa.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈri.θa.kos/

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
    • Translingual: Erithacus

Further reading

• “ἐρίθακος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐρίθακος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐρίθακος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 458
• Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth (1895) “ἘΡΙΘΑΚΟΣ”, in A Glossary of Greek Birds, London: Clarendon Press, Oxford, →OCLC, page 57