τρωξαλλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Due to the ending -αλλ- (which he proposes to derive from a palatalized alveolar lateral approximant), Beekes concludes that this term is Pre-Greek.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trɔːk.sal.lís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /trok.salˈlis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /trok.salˈlis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /trok.salˈlis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /trok.saˈlis/

Noun

τρωξαλλίς • (trōxallís) f (genitive τρωξαλλίδος); third declension

locust, grasshopper

Declension

Third declension of ἡ τρωξαλλῐ́ς; τῆς τρωξαλλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρωξαλλῐ́ς hē trōxallĭ́s	τὼ τρωξαλλῐ́δε tṑ trōxallĭ́de	αἱ τρωξαλλῐ́δες hai trōxallĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς τρωξαλλῐ́δος tês trōxallĭ́dos	τοῖν τρωξαλλῐ́δοιν toîn trōxallĭ́doin	τῶν τρωξαλλῐ́δων tôn trōxallĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ τρωξαλλῐ́δῐ tēî trōxallĭ́dĭ	τοῖν τρωξαλλῐ́δοιν toîn trōxallĭ́doin	ταῖς τρωξαλλῐ́σῐ / τρωξαλλῐ́σῐν taîs trōxallĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρωξαλλῐ́δᾰ tḕn trōxallĭ́dă	τὼ τρωξαλλῐ́δε tṑ trōxallĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς τρωξαλλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s trōxallĭ́dăs
Vocative	τρωξαλλῐ́ς trōxallĭ́s	τρωξαλλῐ́δε trōxallĭ́de	τρωξαλλῐ́δες trōxallĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Synonyms

ἀκρίς (akrís)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τρωξαλλίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1515