πελεκᾶς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably from the same Pre-Greek root of other similar bird names, like πελεκανός (pelekanós, “coot”), πελεκάν (pelekán, “pelican”) and πελεκῖνος (pelekînos, “pelican”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.le.kâːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.leˈkas/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.leˈkas/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.leˈkas/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.leˈkas/

Noun

πελεκᾶς • (pelekâs) m (genitive πελεκᾶντος); third declension

kind of woodpecker

Declension

Third declension of ὁ πελεκᾶς; τοῦ πελεκᾶντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πελεκᾶς ho pelekâs	τὼ πελεκᾶντε tṑ pelekânte	οἱ πελεκᾶντες hoi pelekântes
Genitive	τοῦ πελεκᾶντος toû pelekântos	τοῖν πελεκᾱ́ντοιν toîn pelekā́ntoin	τῶν πελεκᾱ́ντων tôn pelekā́ntōn
Dative	τῷ πελεκᾶντῐ tōî pelekântĭ	τοῖν πελεκᾱ́ντοιν toîn pelekā́ntoin	τοῖς πελεκᾶσῐ / πελεκᾶσῐν toîs pelekâsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν πελεκᾶντᾰ tòn pelekântă	τὼ πελεκᾶντε tṑ pelekânte	τοὺς πελεκᾶντᾰς toùs pelekântăs
Vocative	πελεκᾶν pelekân	πελεκᾶντε pelekânte	πελεκᾶντες pelekântes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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