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 • (ouropū́gion) 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 ouropū́gion	τὼ οὐροπῡγῐ́ω tṑ ouropūgíō	τᾰ̀ οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ tà ouropū́gia
Genitive	τοῦ οὐροπῡγῐ́ου toû ouropūgíou	τοῖν οὐροπῡγῐ́οιν toîn ouropūgíoin	τῶν οὐροπῡγῐ́ων tôn ouropūgíōn
Dative	τῷ οὐροπῡγῐ́ῳ tôi ouropūgíōi	τοῖν οὐροπῡγῐ́οιν toîn ouropūgíoin	τοῖς οὐροπῡγῐ́οις toîs ouropūgíois
Accusative	τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον tò ouropū́gion	τὼ οὐροπῡγῐ́ω tṑ ouropūgíō	τᾰ̀ οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ tà ouropū́gia
Vocative	οὐροπῡ́γῐον ouropū́gion	οὐροπῡγῐ́ω ouropūgíō	οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ ouropū́gia
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