τέτριξ

Ancient Greek

Probably onomatopoeic. Similar bird names are Lithuanian tetervà (“grey hen”), Proto-Slavic *tetervь (“black grouse”), Proto-Iranian *tatr̥wáh (“pheasant”) and Sanskrit तित्तिर (tittira, “partridge”). From the same onomatopoeic root are τετράων (tetráōn), τέτραξ (tétrax), τατύρας (tatúras), τέταρος (tétaros) and τετράζω (tetrázō).

τέτρῐξ • (tétrĭx) f (genitive τέτρῐγος); third declension

Third declension of ἡ τέτρῐξ; τῆς τέτρῐγος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τέτρῐξ hē tétrĭx	τὼ τέτρῐγε tṑ tétrĭge	αἱ τέτρῐγες hai tétrĭges
Genitive	τῆς τέτρῐγος tês tétrĭgos	τοῖν τετρῐ́γοιν toîn tetrĭ́goin	τῶν τετρῐ́γων tôn tetrĭ́gōn
Dative	τῇ τέτρῐγῐ tēî tétrĭgĭ	τοῖν τετρῐ́γοιν toîn tetrĭ́goin	ταῖς τέτρῐξῐ / τέτρῐξῐν taîs tétrĭxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τέτρῐγᾰ tḕn tétrĭgă	τὼ τέτρῐγε tṑ tétrĭge	τᾱ̀ς τέτρῐγᾰς tā̀s tétrĭgăs
Vocative	τέτρῐξ tétrĭx	τέτρῐγε tétrĭge	τέτρῐγες tétrĭges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.