ἱέραξ

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *wīrāks, from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”), with possible folk-etymological influence by ἱερός (hierós, “holy, divine”).(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

ἱέρᾱξ • (hiérāx) m (genitive ἱέρᾱκος); third declension

Third declension of ὁ ἱέρᾱξ; τοῦ ἱέρᾱκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἱέρᾱξ ho hiérāx	τὼ ἱέρᾱκε tṑ hiérāke	οἱ ἱέρᾱκες hoi hiérākes
Genitive	τοῦ ἱέρᾱκος toû hiérākos	τοῖν ἱερᾱ́κοιν toîn hierā́koin	τῶν ἱερᾱ́κων tôn hierā́kōn
Dative	τῷ ἱέρᾱκῐ tōî hiérākĭ	τοῖν ἱερᾱ́κοιν toîn hierā́koin	τοῖς ἱέρᾱξῐ / ἱέρᾱξῐν toîs hiérāxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἱέρᾱκᾰ tòn hiérākă	τὼ ἱέρᾱκε tṑ hiérāke	τοὺς ἱέρᾱκᾰς toùs hiérākăs
Vocative	ἱέρᾱξ hiérāx	ἱέρᾱκε hiérāke	ἱέρᾱκες hiérākes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek: ιέρακας (iérakas)
Ancient Greek: Ιέραξ (Iérax)
- Latin: Ierax
  - Italian: Giraci, Geraci, Gerace
  - Sicilian: Jiraci