οὖραξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
The suffix is typically Pre-Greek. This means that the word has nothing to do with οὐρά (ourá, “tail”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ûː.raks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈu.raks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈu.raks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈu.raks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈu.raks/
Noun
οὖρᾰξ • (oûrax) f (genitive οὔρᾰγος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ οὖρᾰξ hē oûrax |
τὼ οὔρᾰγε tṑ oúrage |
αἱ οὔρᾰγες hai oúrages | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς οὔρᾰγος tês oúragos |
τοῖν οὐρᾰ́γοιν toîn ourágoin |
τῶν οὐρᾰ́γων tôn ourágōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ οὔρᾰγῐ têi oúragi |
τοῖν οὐρᾰ́γοιν toîn ourágoin |
ταῖς οὔρᾰξῐ / οὔρᾰξῐν taîs oúraxi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν οὔρᾰγᾰ tḕn oúraga |
τὼ οὔρᾰγε tṑ oúrage |
τᾱ̀ς οὔρᾰγᾰς tā̀s oúragas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | οὖρᾰξ oûrax |
οὔρᾰγε oúrage |
οὔρᾰγες oúrages | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “οὖραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οὖραξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- 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
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