χηναλώπηξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χήν (khḗn, “goose”) +‎ ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛː.na.lɔ̌ː.pɛːks/ → /çi.naˈlo.piks/ → /çi.naˈlo.piks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɛː.na.lɔ̌ː.pɛːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰe̝.naˈlo.pe̝ks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çi.naˈlo.piks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çi.naˈlo.piks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çi.naˈlo.piks/

Noun

χηνᾰλώπηξ • (khēnalṓpēx) m (genitive χηνᾰλώπεκος); third declension

1. Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ χηνᾰλώπηξ; τοῦ χηνᾰλώπεκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χηνᾰλώπηξ ho khēnalṓpēx	τὼ χηνᾰλώπεκε tṑ khēnalṓpeke	οἱ χηνᾰλώπεκες hoi khēnalṓpekes
Genitive	τοῦ χηνᾰλώπεκος toû khēnalṓpekos	τοῖν χηνᾰλωπέκοιν toîn khēnalōpékoin	τῶν χηνᾰλωπέκων tôn khēnalōpékōn
Dative	τῷ χηνᾰλώπεκῐ tôi khēnalṓpeki	τοῖν χηνᾰλωπέκοιν toîn khēnalōpékoin	τοῖς χηνᾰλώπεξῐ / χηνᾰλώπεξῐν toîs khēnalṓpexi(n)
Accusative	τὸν χηνᾰλώπεκᾰ tòn khēnalṓpeka	τὼ χηνᾰλώπεκε tṑ khēnalṓpeke	τοὺς χηνᾰλώπεκᾰς toùs khēnalṓpekas
Vocative	χηνᾰλώπηξ khēnalṓpēx	χηνᾰλώπεκε khēnalṓpeke	χηνᾰλώπεκες khēnalṓpekes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χηναλωπέκειος (khēnalōpékeios)
• χηναλωπεκιδεύς (khēnalōpekideús)

 

Further reading

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