τέτριξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably onomatopoeic. Similar bird names are Lithuanian tetervà (“grey hen”), Proto-Slavic *tetervь (“black grouse”), Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh (“pheasant”) and Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittira, “partridge”). From the same onomatopoeic root are τετράων (tetráōn), τέτραξ (tétrax), τατύρας (tatúras), τέταρος (tétaros) and τετράζω (tetrázō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /té.triks/ → /ˈte.triks/ → /ˈte.triks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /té.triks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈte.triks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.triks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈte.triks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈte.triks/

Noun

τέτρῐξ • (tétrix) f (genitive τέτρῐγος); third declension

1. pipit (bird of the genus Anthus)

   Synonym: οὖραξ (oûrax)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ τέτρῐξ; τῆς τέτρῐγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τέτρῐξ hē tétrix	τὼ τέτρῐγε tṑ tétrige	αἱ τέτρῐγες hai tétriges
Genitive	τῆς τέτρῐγος tês tétrigos	τοῖν τετρῐ́γοιν toîn tetrígoin	τῶν τετρῐ́γων tôn tetrígōn
Dative	τῇ τέτρῐγῐ têi tétrigi	τοῖν τετρῐ́γοιν toîn tetrígoin	ταῖς τέτρῐξῐ / τέτρῐξῐν taîs tétrixi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τέτρῐγᾰ tḕn tétriga	τὼ τέτρῐγε tṑ tétrige	τᾱ̀ς τέτρῐγᾰς tā̀s tétrigas
Vocative	τέτρῐξ tétrix	τέτρῐγε tétrige	τέτρῐγες tétriges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Tetrix

Further reading

• “τέτριξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• τέτριξ 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