γλαῦξ

See also: γλαύξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γλαύξ (glaúx)

Etymology

In ancient times considered to derive from γλαυκός (glaukós, “bright”) in reference to their gleaming eyes; possibly pre-Greek according to Beekes.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡlâu̯ks/ → /ɣlaɸks/ → /ɣlafks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡlâu̯ks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡlaʍks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣlaɸks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣlafks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣlafks/

Noun

γλαῦξ • (glaûx) f (genitive γλαυκός); third declension

1. owl (Athene noctua)

   Synonyms: κῐκῠμῐ́ς (kikumís), κρῐγή (krigḗ)

2. the Athenian coins, from the owls depicted thereon (usually in plural)
3. γλ. θαλαττία, an unknown species of birds
4. a form of dance
5. wart cress, i.e. Coronopus procumbens

Declension

Third declension of ἡ γλαῦξ; τῆς γλαυκός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλαῦξ hē glaûx	τὼ γλαῦκε tṑ glaûke	αἱ γλαῦκες hai glaûkes
Genitive	τῆς γλαυκός tês glaukós	τοῖν γλαυκοῖν toîn glaukoîn	τῶν γλαυκῶν tôn glaukôn
Dative	τῇ γλαυκῐ́ têi glaukí	τοῖν γλαυκοῖν toîn glaukoîn	ταῖς γλαυξῐ́ / γλαυξῐ́ν taîs glauxí(n)
Accusative	τὴν γλαῦκᾰ tḕn glaûka	τὼ γλαῦκε tṑ glaûke	τᾱ̀ς γλαῦκᾰς tā̀s glaûkas
Vocative	γλαῦξ glaûx	γλαῦκε glaûke	γλαῦκες glaûkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γλαῦκ’ Ἀθήναζε ἡγέομαι (glaûk’ Athḗnaze hēgéomai)
• γλαῦκ’ εἰς Ἀθήνας (glaûk’ eis Athḗnas)
• γλαῦξ ἐν πόλει (glaûx en pólei)

Descendants

• Greek: γλαύκα (gláfka).

Further reading

• “γλαῦξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γλαῦξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλαῦξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • owl idem, page 587.
• 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