περδικοθήρας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πέρδιξ (pérdix, “partridge”) +‎ θηράω (thēráō, “to hunt”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /per.diː.ko.tʰɛ̌ː.raːs/ → /per.ði.koˈθi.ras/ → /per.ði.koˈθi.ras/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /per.diː.ko.tʰɛ̌ː.raːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /per.di.koˈtʰe̝.ras/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /per.ði.koˈθi.ras/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /per.ði.koˈθi.ras/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /per.ði.koˈθi.ras/

Noun

περδῑκοθήρᾱς • (perdīkothḗrās) m (genitive περδῑκοθήρου); first declension

1. partridge-catcher, name of a species of hawk

Inflection

First declension of ὁ περδῑκοθήρᾱς; τοῦ περδῑκοθήρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ περδῑκοθήρᾱς ho perdīkothḗrās	τὼ περδῑκοθήρᾱ tṑ perdīkothḗrā	οἱ περδῑκοθῆραι hoi perdīkothêrai
Genitive	τοῦ περδῑκοθήρου toû perdīkothḗrou	τοῖν περδῑκοθήραιν toîn perdīkothḗrain	τῶν περδῑκοθηρῶν tôn perdīkothērôn
Dative	τῷ περδῑκοθήρᾳ tôi perdīkothḗrāi	τοῖν περδῑκοθήραιν toîn perdīkothḗrain	τοῖς περδῑκοθήραις toîs perdīkothḗrais
Accusative	τὸν περδῑκοθήρᾱν tòn perdīkothḗrān	τὼ περδῑκοθήρᾱ tṑ perdīkothḗrā	τοὺς περδῑκοθήρᾱς toùs perdīkothḗrās
Vocative	περδῑκοθήρᾱ perdīkothḗrā	περδῑκοθήρᾱ perdīkothḗrā	περδῑκοθῆραι perdīkothêrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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