πυρροκόραξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πυρρός (purrhós, “red, fiery”) + κόραξ (kórax, “crow”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pyr̥.r̥o.kó.raks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyr.roˈko.raks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyr.roˈko.raks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyr.roˈko.raks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.roˈko.raks/
Noun
πῠρροκόρᾰξ • (pŭrrhokórăx) m (genitive πῠρροκόρᾰκος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πῠρροκόρᾰξ ho pŭrrhokórăx |
τὼ πῠρροκόρᾰκε tṑ pŭrrhokórăke |
οἱ πῠρροκόρᾰκες hoi pŭrrhokórăkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πῠρροκόρᾰκος toû pŭrrhokórăkos |
τοῖν πῠρροκορᾰ́κοιν toîn pŭrrhokorắkoin |
τῶν πῠρροκορᾰ́κων tôn pŭrrhokorắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πῠρροκόρᾰκῐ tōî pŭrrhokórăkĭ |
τοῖν πῠρροκορᾰ́κοιν toîn pŭrrhokorắkoin |
τοῖς πῠρροκόρᾰξῐ / πῠρροκόρᾰξῐν toîs pŭrrhokórăxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πῠρροκόρᾰκᾰ tòn pŭrrhokórăkă |
τὼ πῠρροκόρᾰκε tṑ pŭrrhokórăke |
τοὺς πῠρροκόρᾰκᾰς toùs pŭrrhokórăkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῠρροκόρᾰξ pŭrrhokórăx |
πῠρροκόρᾰκε pŭrrhokórăke |
πῠρροκόρᾰκες pŭrrhokórăkes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: pyrrhocorax
- → Translingual: Pyrrhocorax
Further reading
- “πυρροκόραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πυρροκόραξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette