νυκτικόραξ
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom νύξ (núx, “night”) + κόραξ (kórax, “crow”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nyk.ti.kó.raks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /nyk.tiˈko.raks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /nyk.tiˈko.raks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /nyk.tiˈko.raks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /nik.tiˈko.raks/
Noun
editνυκτῐκόραξ • (nuktikórax) m (genitive νυκτῐκόρᾰκος); third declension
- long-eared owl (Asio otus)
- Synonym: ὦτος (ôtos)
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ νυκτῐκόρᾰξ ho nuktikórax |
τὼ νυκτῐκόρᾰκε tṑ nuktikórake |
οἱ νυκτῐκόρᾰκες hoi nuktikórakes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ νυκτῐκόρᾰκος toû nuktikórakos |
τοῖν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κοιν toîn nuktikorákoin |
τῶν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κων tôn nuktikorákōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ νυκτῐκόρᾰκῐ tôi nuktikóraki |
τοῖν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κοιν toîn nuktikorákoin |
τοῖς νυκτῐκόρᾰξῐ / νυκτῐκόρᾰξῐν toîs nuktikóraxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν νυκτῐκόρᾰκᾰ tòn nuktikóraka |
τὼ νυκτῐκόρᾰκε tṑ nuktikórake |
τοὺς νυκτῐκόρᾰκᾰς toùs nuktikórakas | ||||||||||
Vocative | νυκτῐκόρᾰξ nuktikórax |
νυκτῐκόρᾰκε nuktikórake |
νυκτῐκόρᾰκες nuktikórakes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- → Italian: nitticora
- → Translingual: Nycticorax
Further reading
edit- “νυκτικόραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νυκτικόραξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Ancient Greek compound terms
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension
- grc:Birds of prey