τόργος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Without a convincing etymology. A connection with Proto-Germanic *sturkaz (“stork”) seems gratuitous. Thompson compares Coptic ⲧⲣⲉ (tre, “kite”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τόργος • (tórgos) m (genitive τόργου); second declension

  1. vulture
    Synonyms: αἰγυπιός (aigupiós), γύψ (gúps), λώβηξ (lṓbēx)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ τόργος; τοῦ τόργου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ τόργος
ho tórgos 		τὼ τόργω
tṑ tórgō 		οἱ τόργοι
hoi tórgoi
Genitive τοῦ τόργου
toû tórgou 		τοῖν τόργοιν
toîn tórgoin 		τῶν τόργων
tôn tórgōn
Dative τῷ τόργῳ
tōî tórgōi 		τοῖν τόργοιν
toîn tórgoin 		τοῖς τόργοις
toîs tórgois
Accusative τὸν τόργον
tòn tórgon 		τὼ τόργω
tṑ tórgō 		τοὺς τόργους
toùs tórgous
Vocative τόργε
tórge 		τόργω
tórgō 		τόργοι
tórgoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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