ὀρόσπιζος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) +‎ σπίζα (spíza, “chaffinch”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.rós.piz.dos/ → /oˈros.pi.zos/ → /oˈros.pi.zos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.rós.piz.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈros.pi.zos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈros.pi.zos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈros.pi.zos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈros.pi.zos/

Noun

ὀρόσπῐζος • (oróspĭzos) m (genitive ὀροσπῐ́ζου); second declension

1. bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὀρόσπῐζος; τοῦ ὀροσπῐ́ζου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀρόσπῐζος ho oróspĭzos	τὼ ὀροσπῐ́ζω tṑ orospĭ́zō	οἱ ὀρόσπῐζοι hoi oróspĭzoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀροσπῐ́ζου toû orospĭ́zou	τοῖν ὀροσπῐ́ζοιν toîn orospĭ́zoin	τῶν ὀροσπῐ́ζων tôn orospĭ́zōn
Dative	τῷ ὀροσπῐ́ζῳ tôi orospĭ́zōi	τοῖν ὀροσπῐ́ζοιν toîn orospĭ́zoin	τοῖς ὀροσπῐ́ζοις toîs orospĭ́zois
Accusative	τὸν ὀρόσπῐζον tòn oróspĭzon	τὼ ὀροσπῐ́ζω tṑ orospĭ́zō	τοὺς ὀροσπῐ́ζους toùs orospĭ́zous
Vocative	ὀρόσπῐζε oróspĭze	ὀροσπῐ́ζω orospĭ́zō	ὀρόσπῐζοι oróspĭzoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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