νυκτικόραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νύξ (núx, “night”) +‎ κόραξ (kórax, “crow”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

νυκτῐκόραξ • (nuktĭkórax) m (genitive νυκτῐκόρᾰκος); third declension

  1. long-eared owl (Asio otus)
    Synonym: ὦτος (ôtos)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ νυκτῐκόρᾰξ; τοῦ νυκτῐκόρᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νυκτῐκόρᾰξ
ho nuktĭkórăx 		τὼ νυκτῐκόρᾰκε
tṑ nuktĭkórăke 		οἱ νυκτῐκόρᾰκες
hoi nuktĭkórăkes
Genitive τοῦ νυκτῐκόρᾰκος
toû nuktĭkórăkos 		τοῖν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κοιν
toîn nuktĭkorắkoin 		τῶν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κων
tôn nuktĭkorắkōn
Dative τῷ νυκτῐκόρᾰκῐ
tōî nuktĭkórăkĭ 		τοῖν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κοιν
toîn nuktĭkorắkoin 		τοῖς νυκτῐκόρᾰξῐ / νυκτῐκόρᾰξῐν
toîs nuktĭkórăxĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν νυκτῐκόρᾰκᾰ
tòn nuktĭkórăkă 		τὼ νυκτῐκόρᾰκε
tṑ nuktĭkórăke 		τοὺς νυκτῐκόρᾰκᾰς
toùs nuktĭkórăkăs
Vocative νυκτῐκόρᾰξ
nuktĭkórăx 		νυκτῐκόρᾰκε
nuktĭkórăke 		νυκτῐκόρᾰκες
nuktĭkórăkes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Italian: nitticora
  • → Translingual: Nycticorax

Further reading

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