τρύγγας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /trýŋ.ɡaːs/ → /ˈtryŋ.ɡas/ → /ˈtriŋ.ɡas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trýŋ.ɡaːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈtryŋ.ɡas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈtryŋ.ɡas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈtryŋ.ɡas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈtriŋ.ɡas/

Noun

τρῠ́γγᾱς • (trŭ́ngās) m (genitive τρῠ́γγου); first declension

1. kind of bird, probably the common redshank (Tringa totanus)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ τρῠ́γγᾱς; τοῦ τρῠ́γγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ τρῠ́γγᾱς ho trŭ́ngās	τὼ τρῠ́γγᾱ tṑ trŭ́ngā	οἱ τρῠ́γγαι hoi trŭ́ngai
Genitive	τοῦ τρῠ́γγου toû trŭ́ngou	τοῖν τρῠ́γγαιν toîn trŭ́ngain	τῶν τρῠγγῶν tôn trŭngôn
Dative	τῷ τρῠ́γγᾳ tôi trŭ́ngāi	τοῖν τρῠ́γγαιν toîn trŭ́ngain	τοῖς τρῠ́γγαις toîs trŭ́ngais
Accusative	τὸν τρῠ́γγᾱν tòn trŭ́ngān	τὼ τρῠ́γγᾱ tṑ trŭ́ngā	τοὺς τρῠ́γγᾱς toùs trŭ́ngās
Vocative	τρῠ́γγᾱ trŭ́ngā	τρῠ́γγᾱ trŭ́ngā	τρῠ́γγαι trŭ́ngai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Tringa

Further reading

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