ἶδυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -υκ-, which is found also in ἄμπυξ (ámpux).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /îː.dyks/ → /ˈi.ðyks/ → /ˈi.ðiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /îː.dyks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.dyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðiks/

Noun

ἶδῠξ • (îdux) m (genitive ἴ̄δῠκος); third declension

1. beech marten (Martes foina)

   Synonym: ἴκτις (íktis)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἶδῠξ; τοῦ ἰ̄δῠκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἶδῠξ ho îdux	τὼ ἰ̄δῠκε tṑ īduke	οἱ ἰ̄δῠκες hoi īdukes
Genitive	τοῦ ἰ̄δῠκος toû īdukos	τοῖν ἰ̄δῠ́κοιν toîn īdúkoin	τῶν ἰ̄δῠ́κων tôn īdúkōn
Dative	τῷ ἰ̄δῠκῐ tôi īduki	τοῖν ἰ̄δῠ́κοιν toîn īdúkoin	τοῖς ἰ̄δῠξῐ / ἰ̄δῠξῐν toîs īduxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἰ̄δῠκᾰ tòn īduka	τὼ ἰ̄δῠκε tṑ īduke	τοὺς ἰ̄δῠκᾰς toùs īdukas
Vocative	ἶδῠξ îdux	ἰ̄δῠκε īduke	ἰ̄δῠκες īdukes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἶδυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN