χηναλώπηξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χήν (khḗn, “goose”) +‎ ἀλώπηξ (alṓpēx, “fox”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰɛː.na.lɔ̌ː.pɛːks/ → /çi.naˈlo.piks/ → /çi.naˈlo.piks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰɛː.na.lɔ̌ː.pɛːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰe̝.naˈlo.pe̝ks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çi.naˈlo.piks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çi.naˈlo.piks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çi.naˈlo.piks/

Noun

χηνᾰλώπηξ • (khēnălṓpēx) m (genitive χηνᾰλώπεκος); third declension

1. Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ χηνᾰλώπηξ; τοῦ χηνᾰλώπεκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χηνᾰλώπηξ ho khēnălṓpēx	τὼ χηνᾰλώπεκε tṑ khēnălṓpeke	οἱ χηνᾰλώπεκες hoi khēnălṓpekes
Genitive	τοῦ χηνᾰλώπεκος toû khēnălṓpekos	τοῖν χηνᾰλωπέκοιν toîn khēnălōpékoin	τῶν χηνᾰλωπέκων tôn khēnălōpékōn
Dative	τῷ χηνᾰλώπεκῐ tôi khēnălṓpekĭ	τοῖν χηνᾰλωπέκοιν toîn khēnălōpékoin	τοῖς χηνᾰλώπεξῐ / χηνᾰλώπεξῐν toîs khēnălṓpexĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν χηνᾰλώπεκᾰ tòn khēnălṓpekă	τὼ χηνᾰλώπεκε tṑ khēnălṓpeke	τοὺς χηνᾰλώπεκᾰς toùs khēnălṓpekăs
Vocative	χηνᾰλώπηξ khēnălṓpēx	χηνᾰλώπεκε khēnălṓpeke	χηνᾰλώπεκες khēnălṓpekes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χηναλωπέκειος (khēnalōpékeios)
• χηναλωπεκιδεύς (khēnalōpekideús)

Further reading

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