ἀστραγαλῖνος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀστράγαλος (astrágalos, “dice”) +‎ -ῖνος (-înos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɡa.lîː.nos/ → /as.tra.ɣaˈli.nos/ → /as.tra.ɣaˈli.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɡa.lîː.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɡaˈli.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɣaˈli.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɣaˈli.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /as.tra.ɣaˈli.nos/

Noun

ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνος • (astrăgălînos) m (genitive ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νου); second declension

1. European goldfinch, Eurasian goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνος; τοῦ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνος ho astrăgălînos	τὼ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νω tṑ astrăgălī́nō	οἱ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνοι hoi astrăgălînoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νου toû astrăgălī́nou	τοῖν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νοιν toîn astrăgălī́noin	τῶν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νων tôn astrăgălī́nōn
Dative	τῷ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νῳ tôi astrăgălī́nōi	τοῖν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νοιν toîn astrăgălī́noin	τοῖς ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νοις toîs astrăgălī́nois
Accusative	τὸν ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνον tòn astrăgălînon	τὼ ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νω tṑ astrăgălī́nō	τοὺς ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νους toùs astrăgălī́nous
Vocative	ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνε astrăgălîne	ἀστρᾰγᾰλῑ́νω astrăgălī́nō	ἀστρᾰγᾰλῖνοι astrăgălînoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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