οὐροπύγιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ὀρροπύγιον (orrhopúgion)

Etymology

From ὄρρος (órrhos, “rump, tail”) +‎ πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

οὐροπῡ́γῐον • (ouropū́gĭon) n (genitive οὐροπῡγῐ́ου); second declension

  1. The rump and tail feathers of a bird.
  2. The tail and/or rump of any animal.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον; τοῦ οὐροπῡγῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον
tò ouropū́gĭon 		τὼ οὐροπῡγῐ́ω
tṑ ouropūgĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ
tằ ouropū́gĭă
Genitive τοῦ οὐροπῡγῐ́ου
toû ouropūgĭ́ou 		τοῖν οὐροπῡγῐ́οιν
toîn ouropūgĭ́oin 		τῶν οὐροπῡγῐ́ων
tôn ouropūgĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ οὐροπῡγῐ́ῳ
tōî ouropūgĭ́ōi 		τοῖν οὐροπῡγῐ́οιν
toîn ouropūgĭ́oin 		τοῖς οὐροπῡγῐ́οις
toîs ouropūgĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον
tò ouropū́gĭon 		τὼ οὐροπῡγῐ́ω
tṑ ouropūgĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ
tằ ouropū́gĭă
Vocative οὐροπῡ́γῐον
ouropū́gĭon 		οὐροπῡγῐ́ω
ouropūgĭ́ō 		οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ
ouropū́gĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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