ἴνδουρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The similarity with Sanskrit उन्दुर (undura, “rat, mouse”) is rather accidental. For the ending, it can be compared σκίουρος (skíouros, “squirrel”), which must be a loan, perhaps from Pre-Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ín.duː.ros/ → /ˈin.du.ros/ → /ˈin.du.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ín.duː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈin.du.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈin.du.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈin.du.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈin.du.ros/

Noun

ἴνδουρος • (índouros) m (genitive ἰνδούρου); second declension

1. mole (animal of the family Talpidae)

   Synonyms: παλαμίς (palamís), σιφνεύς (siphneús), σκάλοψ (skálops), σπάλαξ (spálax)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἴνδουρος; τοῦ ἰνδούρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἴνδουρος ho índouros	τὼ ἰνδούρω tṑ indoúrō	οἱ ἴνδουροι hoi índouroi
Genitive	τοῦ ἰνδούρου toû indoúrou	τοῖν ἰνδούροιν toîn indoúroin	τῶν ἰνδούρων tôn indoúrōn
Dative	τῷ ἰνδούρῳ tôi indoúrōi	τοῖν ἰνδούροιν toîn indoúroin	τοῖς ἰνδούροις toîs indoúrois
Accusative	τὸν ἴνδουρον tòn índouron	τὼ ἰνδούρω tṑ indoúrō	τοὺς ἰνδούρους toùs indoúrous
Vocative	ἴνδουρε índoure	ἰνδούρω indoúrō	ἴνδουροι índouroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἴνδουρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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
• Hesychius' Lexicon: ι