γαμψῶνυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γαμψός (gampsós, “crooked”) +‎ ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail, talon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡamp.sɔ̂ː.nyks/ → /ɣampˈso.nyks/ → /ɣampˈso.niks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡamp.sɔ̂ː.nyks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡampˈso.nyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣampˈso.nyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣampˈso.nyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣampˈso.niks/

Adjective

γᾰμψῶνῠξ • (gampsônux) m or f (neuter γᾰμψώνῠχος); third declension

1. (of birds of prey) with crooked talons

Declension

Third declension of γᾰμψῶνῠξ; γᾰμψῶνῠξ (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		γᾰμψῶνῠξ gampsônux	γᾰμψῶνῠξ gampsônux		γᾰμψώνῠχε gampsṓnukhe	γᾰμψώνῠχε gampsṓnukhe		γᾰμψώνῠχες gampsṓnukhes	γᾰμψώνῠχᾰ gampsṓnukha
Genitive		γᾰμψώνῠχος gampsṓnukhos	γᾰμψώνῠχος gampsṓnukhos		γᾰμψωνῠ́χοιν gampsōnúkhoin	γᾰμψωνῠ́χοιν gampsōnúkhoin		γᾰμψωνῠ́χων gampsōnúkhōn	γᾰμψωνῠ́χων gampsōnúkhōn
Dative		γᾰμψώνῠχῐ gampsṓnukhi	γᾰμψώνῠχῐ gampsṓnukhi		γᾰμψωνῠ́χοιν gampsōnúkhoin	γᾰμψωνῠ́χοιν gampsōnúkhoin		γᾰμψώνῠξῐ / γᾰμψώνῠξῐν gampsṓnuxi(n)	γᾰμψώνῠξῐ / γᾰμψώνῠξῐν gampsṓnuxi(n)
Accusative		γᾰμψώνῠχᾰ gampsṓnukha	γᾰμψῶνῠξ gampsônux		γᾰμψώνῠχε gampsṓnukhe	γᾰμψώνῠχε gampsṓnukhe		γᾰμψώνῠχᾰς gampsṓnukhas	γᾰμψώνῠχᾰ gampsṓnukha
Vocative		γᾰμψῶνῠξ gampsônux	γᾰμψῶνῠξ gampsônux		γᾰμψώνῠχε gampsṓnukhe	γᾰμψώνῠχε gampsṓnukhe		γᾰμψώνῠχες gampsṓnukhes	γᾰμψώνῠχᾰ gampsṓnukha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		γᾰμψωνῠ́χως gampsōnúkhōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Gampsonyx

Further reading

• “γαμψῶνυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γαμψῶνυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γαμψῶνυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γαμψῶνυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαμψῶνυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γαμψῶνυξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)