πυρροκόραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πυρρός (purrhós, “red, fiery”) +‎ κόραξ (kórax, “crow”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥o.kó.raks/ → /pyr.roˈko.raks/ → /pi.roˈko.raks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyr̥.r̥o.kó.raks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pyr.roˈko.raks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pyr.roˈko.raks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pyr.roˈko.raks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.roˈko.raks/

Noun

πῠρροκόρᾰξ • (purrhokórax) m (genitive πῠρροκόρᾰκος); third declension

1. alpine chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πῠρροκόρᾰξ; τοῦ πῠρροκόρᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠρροκόρᾰξ ho purrhokórax	τὼ πῠρροκόρᾰκε tṑ purrhokórake	οἱ πῠρροκόρᾰκες hoi purrhokórakes
Genitive	τοῦ πῠρροκόρᾰκος toû purrhokórakos	τοῖν πῠρροκορᾰ́κοιν toîn purrhokorákoin	τῶν πῠρροκορᾰ́κων tôn purrhokorákōn
Dative	τῷ πῠρροκόρᾰκῐ tôi purrhokóraki	τοῖν πῠρροκορᾰ́κοιν toîn purrhokorákoin	τοῖς πῠρροκόρᾰξῐ / πῠρροκόρᾰξῐν toîs purrhokóraxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πῠρροκόρᾰκᾰ tòn purrhokóraka	τὼ πῠρροκόρᾰκε tṑ purrhokórake	τοὺς πῠρροκόρᾰκᾰς toùs purrhokórakas
Vocative	πῠρροκόρᾰξ purrhokórax	πῠρροκόρᾰκε purrhokórake	πῠρροκόρᾰκες purrhokórakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: pyrrhocorax
  • → Translingual: Pyrrhocorax

Further reading

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