οὐροπύγιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ὀρροπύγιον (orrhopúgion)

Etymology

From ὄρρος (órrhos, “rump, tail”) +‎ πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”) +‎ -ιον (-ion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /uː.ro.py̌ː.ɡi.on/ → /u.roˈpy.ʝi.on/ → /u.roˈpi.ʝi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /uː.ro.py̌ː.ɡi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /u.roˈpy.ɡi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /u.roˈpy.ʝi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /u.roˈpy.ʝi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /u.roˈpi.ʝi.on/

Noun

οὐροπῡ́γῐον • (ouropū́gĭon) n (genitive οὐροπῡγῐ́ου); second declension

1. The rump and tail feathers of a bird.
2. The tail and/or rump of any animal.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον; τοῦ οὐροπῡγῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον tò ouropū́gĭon	τὼ οὐροπῡγῐ́ω tṑ ouropūgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ tằ ouropū́gĭă
Genitive	τοῦ οὐροπῡγῐ́ου toû ouropūgĭ́ou	τοῖν οὐροπῡγῐ́οιν toîn ouropūgĭ́oin	τῶν οὐροπῡγῐ́ων tôn ouropūgĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ οὐροπῡγῐ́ῳ tôi ouropūgĭ́ōi	τοῖν οὐροπῡγῐ́οιν toîn ouropūgĭ́oin	τοῖς οὐροπῡγῐ́οις toîs ouropūgĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον tò ouropū́gĭon	τὼ οὐροπῡγῐ́ω tṑ ouropūgĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ tằ ouropū́gĭă
Vocative	οὐροπῡ́γῐον ouropū́gĭon	οὐροπῡγῐ́ω ouropūgĭ́ō	οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ ouropū́gĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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