ὀρνιθόγαλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”) + γάλα (gála, “milk”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /or.niː.tʰó.ɡa.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /or.niˈtʰo.ɡa.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /or.niˈθo.ɣa.lon/
Noun
ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον • (ornīthógălon) n (genitive ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον tò ornīthógălon |
τὼ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λω tṑ ornīthogắlō |
τᾰ̀ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλᾰ tằ ornīthógălă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λου toû ornīthogắlou |
τοῖν ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λοιν toîn ornīthogắloin |
τῶν ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λων tôn ornīthogắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λῳ tōî ornīthogắlōi |
τοῖν ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λοιν toîn ornīthogắloin |
τοῖς ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λοις toîs ornīthogắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον tò ornīthógălon |
τὼ ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λω tṑ ornīthogắlō |
τᾰ̀ ὀρνῑθόγᾰλᾰ tằ ornīthógălă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀρνῑθόγᾰλον ornīthógălon |
ὀρνῑθογᾰ́λω ornīthogắlō |
ὀρνῑθόγᾰλᾰ ornīthógălă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: ornithogale
- → French: ornithogale
- → Translingual: Ornithogalum
References
- “ὀρνιθόγαλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀρνιθόγαλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette