τράχουρος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• τραχοῦρος (trakhoûros)

Etymology

From τραχύς (trakhús, “rough”) +‎ οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trǎː.kʰuː.ros/ → /ˈtra.xu.ros/ → /ˈtra.xu.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trǎː.kʰuː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.kʰu.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.xu.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.xu.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtra.xu.ros/

Noun

τρᾱ́χουρος • (trā́khouros) m (genitive τρᾱχούρου); second declension

1. jack mackerel (Trachurus trachurus)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τρᾱ́χουρος; τοῦ τρᾱχούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τρᾱ́χουρος ho trā́khouros	τὼ τρᾱχούρω tṑ trākhoúrō	οἱ τρᾱ́χουροι hoi trā́khouroi
Genitive	τοῦ τρᾱχούρου toû trākhoúrou	τοῖν τρᾱχούροιν toîn trākhoúroin	τῶν τρᾱχούρων tôn trākhoúrōn
Dative	τῷ τρᾱχούρῳ tôi trākhoúrōi	τοῖν τρᾱχούροιν toîn trākhoúroin	τοῖς τρᾱχούροις toîs trākhoúrois
Accusative	τὸν τρᾱ́χουρον tòn trā́khouron	τὼ τρᾱχούρω tṑ trākhoúrō	τοὺς τρᾱχούρους toùs trākhoúrous
Vocative	τρᾱ́χουρε trā́khoure	τρᾱχούρω trākhoúrō	τρᾱ́χουροι trā́khouroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Trachurus

Further reading

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