πτύγξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Perhaps of Pre-Greek origin, given the suffix -υγγ found also in ἴυγξ (íunx), λάρυγξ (lárunx) and πίσυγγος (písungos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ptýŋks/ → /ptyŋks/ → /ptiŋks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ptýŋks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ptyŋks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ptyŋks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ptyŋks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ptiŋks/

Noun

πτῠ́γξ • (ptúnx) m (genitive πτῠ́γγος); third declension

1. Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo)

   Synonym: ὑβρίς (hubrís)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πτῠ́γξ; τοῦ πτῠγγός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πτῠ́γξ ho ptúnx	τὼ πτῠ́γγε tṑ ptúnge	οἱ πτῠ́γγες hoi ptúnges
Genitive	τοῦ πτῠγγός toû ptungós	τοῖν πτῠγγοῖν toîn ptungoîn	τῶν πτῠγγῶν tôn ptungôn
Dative	τῷ πτῠγγῐ́ tôi ptungí	τοῖν πτῠγγοῖν toîn ptungoîn	τοῖς πτῠγξῐ́ / πτῠγξῐ́ν toîs ptunxí(n)
Accusative	τὸν πτῠ́γγᾰ tòn ptúnga	τὼ πτῠ́γγε tṑ ptúnge	τοὺς πτῠ́γγᾰς toùs ptúngas
Vocative	πτῠ́γξ ptúnx	πτῠ́γγε ptúnge	πτῠ́γγες ptúnges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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