ὕραξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Judging by the -αξ ending, Pre-Greek.[1] Latin sorex is probably from the same source (with a structure *sVr-Vk-).[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hý.raks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)y.raks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈy.raks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈy.raks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈi.raks/
Noun
ῠ̔́ρᾰξ • (hŭ́răx) m (genitive ῠ̔́ρᾰκος); third declension
- shrewmouse (mammal of the family Soricidae)
- Synonym: μῡγᾰλέη (mūgăléē)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ῠ̔́ρᾰξ ho hŭ́răx |
τὼ ῠ̔́ρᾰκε tṑ hŭ́răke |
οἱ ῠ̔́ρᾰκες hoi hŭ́răkes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ῠ̔́ρᾰκος toû hŭ́răkos |
τοῖν ῠ̔ρᾰ́κοιν toîn hŭrắkoin |
τῶν ῠ̔ρᾰ́κων tôn hŭrắkōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ῠ̔́ρᾰκῐ tōî hŭ́răkĭ |
τοῖν ῠ̔ρᾰ́κοιν toîn hŭrắkoin |
τοῖς ῠ̔́ρᾰξῐ / ῠ̔́ρᾰξῐν toîs hŭ́răxĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ῠ̔́ρᾰκᾰ tòn hŭ́răkă |
τὼ ῠ̔́ρᾰκε tṑ hŭ́răke |
τοὺς ῠ̔́ρᾰκᾰς toùs hŭ́răkăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ῠ̔́ρᾰξ hŭ́răx |
ῠ̔́ρᾰκε hŭ́răke |
ῠ̔́ρᾰκες hŭ́răkes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ύρακας (ýrakas)
- → Translingual: Hyrax
References
- “ὕραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὕραξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ὕραξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1536
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “sōrex, -icis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 576