στρουθός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • στροῦθος (stroûthos)

Etymology

    The etymology remains highly uncertain, but Beekes suspects a Pre-Greek origin.[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    στρουθός • (strouthós) m or f (genitive στρουθοῦ); second declension

    1. house sparrow (Passer domesticus)
      Synonym: σποργῐ́λος (sporgĭ́los)
    2. flatfish, European flounder (Platichthys flesus, syn. Pleuronectes flesus).
    3. ostrich

    Declension

    Second declension of ὁ στρουθός; τοῦ στρουθοῦ (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ὁ στρουθός
    ho strouthós     		τὼ στρουθώ
    tṑ strouthṓ     		οἱ στρουθοί
    hoi strouthoí
    Genitive τοῦ στρουθοῦ
    toû strouthoû     		τοῖν στρουθοῖν
    toîn strouthoîn     		τῶν στρουθῶν
    tôn strouthôn
    Dative τῷ στρουθῷ
    tōî strouthōî     		τοῖν στρουθοῖν
    toîn strouthoîn     		τοῖς στρουθοῖς
    toîs strouthoîs
    Accusative τὸν στρουθόν
    tòn strouthón     		τὼ στρουθώ
    tṑ strouthṓ     		τοὺς στρουθούς
    toùs strouthoús
    Vocative στρουθέ
    strouthé     		στρουθώ
    strouthṓ     		στρουθοί
    strouthoí
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στροῦθος, στρουθός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1415

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