σκολόπαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin. The resemblance with σκόλοψ (skólops, “pole”) might be due to folk-etymological adaptation.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sko.ló.paks/ → /skoˈlo.paks/ → /skoˈlo.paks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sko.ló.paks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.paks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.paks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.paks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.paks/

Noun

σκολόπαξ • (skolópax) m (genitive σκολόπᾰκος); third declension

1. woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σκολόπᾰξ; τοῦ σκολόπᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκολόπᾰξ ho skolópax	τὼ σκολόπᾰκε tṑ skolópake	οἱ σκολόπᾰκες hoi skolópakes
Genitive	τοῦ σκολόπᾰκος toû skolópakos	τοῖν σκολοπᾰ́κοιν toîn skolopákoin	τῶν σκολοπᾰ́κων tôn skolopákōn
Dative	τῷ σκολόπᾰκῐ tôi skolópaki	τοῖν σκολοπᾰ́κοιν toîn skolopákoin	τοῖς σκολόπᾰξῐ / σκολόπᾰξῐν toîs skolópaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σκολόπᾰκᾰ tòn skolópaka	τὼ σκολόπᾰκε tṑ skolópake	τοὺς σκολόπᾰκᾰς toùs skolópakas
Vocative	σκολόπᾰξ skolópax	σκολόπᾰκε skolópake	σκολόπᾰκες skolópakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἀσκαλώπας (askalṓpas)

Descendants

• Latin: scolopax
• Translingual: Scolopax

References

• “σκολόπαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκολόπαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN