χοιροπίθηκος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χοῖρος (khoîros, “hog”) +‎ πίθηκος (píthēkos, “ape”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰoi̯.ro.pí.tʰɛː.kos/ → /çy.roˈpi.θi.kos/ → /çi.roˈpi.θi.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰoi̯.ro.pí.tʰɛː.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰy.roˈpi.tʰe̝.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çy.roˈpi.θi.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çy.roˈpi.θi.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çi.roˈpi.θi.kos/

Noun

χοιροπῐ́θηκος • (khoiropíthēkos) m (genitive χοιροπῐθήκου); second declension

1. ape with a hog's snout, perhaps a baboon

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χοιροπῐ́θηκος; τοῦ χοιροπῐθήκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χοιροπῐ́θηκος ho khoiropíthēkos	τὼ χοιροπῐθήκω tṑ khoiropithḗkō	οἱ χοιροπῐ́θηκοι hoi khoiropíthēkoi
Genitive	τοῦ χοιροπῐθήκου toû khoiropithḗkou	τοῖν χοιροπῐθήκοιν toîn khoiropithḗkoin	τῶν χοιροπῐθήκων tôn khoiropithḗkōn
Dative	τῷ χοιροπῐθήκῳ tôi khoiropithḗkōi	τοῖν χοιροπῐθήκοιν toîn khoiropithḗkoin	τοῖς χοιροπῐθήκοις toîs khoiropithḗkois
Accusative	τὸν χοιροπῐ́θηκον tòn khoiropíthēkon	τὼ χοιροπῐθήκω tṑ khoiropithḗkō	τοὺς χοιροπῐθήκους toùs khoiropithḗkous
Vocative	χοιροπῐ́θηκε khoiropíthēke	χοιροπῐθήκω khoiropithḗkō	χοιροπῐ́θηκοι khoiropíthēkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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