ἀλωπέκουρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.lɔː.pé.kuː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.loˈpe.ku.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.loˈpe.ku.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.loˈpe.ku.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.loˈpe.ku.ros/
Noun
ἀλωπέκουρος • (alōpékouros) m (genitive ἀλωπεκούρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀλωπέκουρος ho alōpékouros |
τὼ ἀλωπεκούρω tṑ alōpekoúrō |
οἱ ἀλωπέκουροι hoi alōpékouroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀλωπεκούρου toû alōpekoúrou |
τοῖν ἀλωπεκούροιν toîn alōpekoúroin |
τῶν ἀλωπεκούρων tôn alōpekoúrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀλωπεκούρῳ tōî alōpekoúrōi |
τοῖν ἀλωπεκούροιν toîn alōpekoúroin |
τοῖς ἀλωπεκούροις toîs alōpekoúrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀλωπέκουρον tòn alōpékouron |
τὼ ἀλωπεκούρω tṑ alōpekoúrō |
τοὺς ἀλωπεκούρους toùs alōpekoúrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀλωπέκουρε alōpékoure |
ἀλωπεκούρω alōpekoúrō |
ἀλωπέκουροι alōpékouroi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: alōpecūros
- → Translingual: Alopecurus
Further reading
- “ἀλωπέκουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀλωπέκουρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλωπέκουρος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)