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 • (ptŭ́nx) 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 ptŭ́nx	τὼ πτῠ́γγε tṑ ptŭ́nge	οἱ πτῠ́γγες hoi ptŭ́nges
Genitive	τοῦ πτῠγγός toû ptŭngós	τοῖν πτῠγγοῖν toîn ptŭngoîn	τῶν πτῠγγῶν tôn ptŭngôn
Dative	τῷ πτῠγγῐ́ tôi ptŭngĭ́	τοῖν πτῠγγοῖν toîn ptŭngoîn	τοῖς πτῠγξῐ́ / πτῠγξῐ́ν toîs ptŭnxĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὸν πτῠ́γγᾰ tòn ptŭ́ngă	τὼ πτῠ́γγε tṑ ptŭ́nge	τοὺς πτῠ́γγᾰς toùs ptŭ́ngăs
Vocative	πτῠ́γξ ptŭ́nx	πτῠ́γγε ptŭ́nge	πτῠ́γγες ptŭ́nges
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