ἀσκαλώπας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, from the same Pre-Greek root as σκολόπαξ (skolópax, “woodcock”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.ka.lɔ̌ː.paːs/ → /as.kaˈlo.pas/ → /as.kaˈlo.pas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.ka.lɔ̌ː.paːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.kaˈlo.pas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.kaˈlo.pas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.kaˈlo.pas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.kaˈlo.pas/

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Noun

ἀσκᾰλώπᾱς • (askălṓpās) m (genitive ἀσκᾰλώπου); first declension

1. woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀσκαλώπᾱς; τοῦ ἀσκαλώπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀσκαλώπᾱς ho askalṓpās	τὼ ἀσκαλώπᾱ tṑ askalṓpā	οἱ ἀσκαλῶπαι hoi askalôpai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀσκαλώπου toû askalṓpou	τοῖν ἀσκαλώπαιν toîn askalṓpain	τῶν ἀσκαλωπῶν tôn askalōpôn
Dative	τῷ ἀσκαλώπᾳ tôi askalṓpāi	τοῖν ἀσκαλώπαιν toîn askalṓpain	τοῖς ἀσκαλώπαις toîs askalṓpais
Accusative	τὸν ἀσκαλώπᾱν tòn askalṓpān	τὼ ἀσκαλώπᾱ tṑ askalṓpā	τοὺς ἀσκαλώπᾱς toùs askalṓpās
Vocative	ἀσκαλώπᾱ askalṓpā	ἀσκαλώπᾱ askalṓpā	ἀσκαλῶπαι askalôpai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀσκαλώπας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀσκαλώπας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀσκαλώπας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• 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