ἀλωπέκουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”) +‎ οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.lɔː.pé.kuː.ros/ → /a.loˈpe.ku.ros/ → /a.loˈpe.ku.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.lɔː.pé.kuː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.loˈpe.ku.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.loˈpe.ku.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.loˈpe.ku.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.loˈpe.ku.ros/

Noun

ἀλωπέκουρος • (alōpékouros) m (genitive ἀλωπεκούρου); second declension

1. beardgrass (Polypogon monspeliensis)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀλωπέκουρος; τοῦ ἀλωπεκούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀλωπέκουρος ho alōpékouros	τὼ ἀλωπεκούρω tṑ alōpekoúrō	οἱ ἀλωπέκουροι hoi alōpékouroi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλωπεκούρου toû alōpekoúrou	τοῖν ἀλωπεκούροιν toîn alōpekoúroin	τῶν ἀλωπεκούρων tôn alōpekoúrōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλωπεκούρῳ tôi alōpekoúrōi	τοῖν ἀλωπεκούροιν toîn alōpekoúroin	τοῖς ἀλωπεκούροις toîs alōpekoúrois
Accusative	τὸν ἀλωπέκουρον tòn alōpékouron	τὼ ἀλωπεκούρω tṑ alōpekoúrō	τοὺς ἀλωπεκούρους toùs alōpekoúrous
Vocative	ἀλωπέκουρε alōpékoure	ἀλωπεκούρω alōpekoúrō	ἀλωπέκουροι alōpékouroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: alōpecūros
  • → Translingual: Alopecurus

Further reading

• “ἀλωπέκουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀλωπέκουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀλωπέκουρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)