οὖραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The suffix is typically Pre-Greek. This means that the word has nothing to do with οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ûː.raks/ → /ˈu.raks/ → /ˈu.raks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ûː.raks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈu.raks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.raks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈu.raks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈu.raks/

Noun

οὖρᾰξ • (oûrax) f (genitive οὔρᾰγος); third declension

1. pipit (bird of the genus Anthus)

   Synonym: τέτριξ (tétrix)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ οὖρᾰξ; τῆς οὔρᾰγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ οὖρᾰξ hē oûrax	τὼ οὔρᾰγε tṑ oúrage	αἱ οὔρᾰγες hai oúrages
Genitive	τῆς οὔρᾰγος tês oúragos	τοῖν οὐρᾰ́γοιν toîn ourágoin	τῶν οὐρᾰ́γων tôn ourágōn
Dative	τῇ οὔρᾰγῐ têi oúragi	τοῖν οὐρᾰ́γοιν toîn ourágoin	ταῖς οὔρᾰξῐ / οὔρᾰξῐν taîs oúraxi(n)
Accusative	τὴν οὔρᾰγᾰ tḕn oúraga	τὼ οὔρᾰγε tṑ oúrage	τᾱ̀ς οὔρᾰγᾰς tā̀s oúragas
Vocative	οὖρᾰξ oûrax	οὔρᾰγε oúrage	οὔρᾰγες oúrages
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “οὖραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• οὖραξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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