νυκτικόραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νύξ (núx, “night”) +‎ κόραξ (kórax, “crow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nyk.ti.kó.raks/ → /nyk.tiˈko.raks/ → /nik.tiˈko.raks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nyk.ti.kó.raks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /nyk.tiˈko.raks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /nyk.tiˈko.raks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /nyk.tiˈko.raks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /nik.tiˈko.raks/

Noun

νυκτῐκόραξ • (nuktĭkórax) m (genitive νυκτῐκόρᾰκος); third declension

1. long-eared owl (Asio otus)

   Synonym: ὦτος (ôtos)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ νυκτῐκόρᾰξ; τοῦ νυκτῐκόρᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νυκτῐκόρᾰξ ho nuktĭkórăx	τὼ νυκτῐκόρᾰκε tṑ nuktĭkórăke	οἱ νυκτῐκόρᾰκες hoi nuktĭkórăkes
Genitive	τοῦ νυκτῐκόρᾰκος toû nuktĭkórăkos	τοῖν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κοιν toîn nuktĭkorắkoin	τῶν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κων tôn nuktĭkorắkōn
Dative	τῷ νυκτῐκόρᾰκῐ tôi nuktĭkórăkĭ	τοῖν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κοιν toîn nuktĭkorắkoin	τοῖς νυκτῐκόρᾰξῐ / νυκτῐκόρᾰξῐν toîs nuktĭkórăxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν νυκτῐκόρᾰκᾰ tòn nuktĭkórăkă	τὼ νυκτῐκόρᾰκε tṑ nuktĭkórăke	τοὺς νυκτῐκόρᾰκᾰς toùs nuktĭkórăkăs
Vocative	νυκτῐκόρᾰξ nuktĭkórăx	νυκτῐκόρᾰκε nuktĭkórăke	νυκτῐκόρᾰκες nuktĭkórăkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Italian: nitticora
• → Translingual: Nycticorax

Further reading

• “νυκτικόραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• νυκτικόραξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette