ἶδυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, in view of the suffix -υκ-, which is found also in ἄμπυξ (ámpux).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /îː.dyks/ → /ˈi.ðyks/ → /ˈi.ðiks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /îː.dyks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈi.dyks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðyks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðyks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.ðiks/

Noun

ἶδῠξ • (îdŭx) m (genitive ἴ̄δῠκος); third declension

1. beech marten (Martes foina)

   Synonym: ἴκτις (íktis)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ἶδῠξ; τοῦ ῑ̓́δῠκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἶδῠξ ho îdŭx	τὼ ῑ̓́δῠκε tṑ ī́dŭke	οἱ ῑ̓́δῠκες hoi ī́dŭkes
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̓́δῠκος toû ī́dŭkos	τοῖν ῑ̓δῠ́κοιν toîn īdŭ́koin	τῶν ῑ̓δῠ́κων tôn īdŭ́kōn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̓́δῠκῐ tôi ī́dŭkĭ	τοῖν ῑ̓δῠ́κοιν toîn īdŭ́koin	τοῖς ῑ̓́δῠξῐ / ῑ̓́δῠξῐν toîs ī́dŭxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῑ̓́δῠκᾰ tòn ī́dŭkă	τὼ ῑ̓́δῠκε tṑ ī́dŭke	τοὺς ῑ̓́δῠκᾰς toùs ī́dŭkăs
Vocative	ἶδῠξ îdŭx	ῑ̓́δῠκε ī́dŭke	ῑ̓́δῠκες ī́dŭkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἶδυξ”, 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