ἀστραγαλῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos, “dice”) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɡa.lîː.nos/ → /as.tra.ɣaˈli.nos/ → /as.tra.ɣaˈli.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɡa.lîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɡaˈli.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɣaˈli.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɣaˈli.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɣaˈli.nos/

Noun

ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνος • (astragalînos) m (genitive ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νου); second declension

1. European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνος; τοῦ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνος ho astragalînos	τὼ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νω tṑ astragalī́nō	οἱ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνοι hoi astragalînoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νου toû astragalī́nou	τοῖν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νοιν toîn astragalī́noin	τῶν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νων tôn astragalī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νῳ tôi astragalī́nōi	τοῖν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νοιν toîn astragalī́noin	τοῖς ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νοις toîs astragalī́nois
Accusative	τὸν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνον tòn astragalînon	τὼ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νω tṑ astragalī́nō	τοὺς ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νους toùs astragalī́nous
Vocative	ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνε astragalîne	ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νω astragalī́nō	ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνοι astragalînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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