σίττη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ἵττα (hítta), σῐ́ττος (sĭ́ttos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, of onomatopoeic origin but Furnée links the word with ψίττακος (psíttakos, “parrot”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῐ́ττη • (sĭ́ttē) f (genitive σῐ́ττης); first declension

  1. nuthatch (Sitta europaea)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σῐ́ττη; τῆς σῐ́ττης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σῐ́ττη
hē sĭ́ttē 		τὼ σῐ́ττᾱ
tṑ sĭ́ttā 		αἱ σῐ́τται
hai sĭ́ttai
Genitive τῆς σῐ́ττης
tês sĭ́ttēs 		τοῖν σῐ́τταιν
toîn sĭ́ttain 		τῶν σῐττῶν
tôn sĭttôn
Dative τῇ σῐ́ττῃ
tēî sĭ́ttēi 		τοῖν σῐ́τταιν
toîn sĭ́ttain 		ταῖς σῐ́τταις
taîs sĭ́ttais
Accusative τὴν σῐ́ττην
tḕn sĭ́ttēn 		τὼ σῐ́ττᾱ
tṑ sĭ́ttā 		τᾱ̀ς σῐ́ττᾱς
tā̀s sĭ́ttās
Vocative σῐ́ττη
sĭ́ttē 		σῐ́ττᾱ
sĭ́ttā 		σῐ́τται
sĭ́ttai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Translingual: Sitta

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