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ὄρτυξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine 동물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄρτυξ ὄρτυγος

Structure: ὀρτυγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. quail

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον δ’ ἐπτόηνται περὶ τὴν ὀχείαν οἱ πέρδικεσ καὶ οἱ ὄρτυγεσ ὡσ εἰσ τοὺσ θηρεύοντασ ἐμπίπτειν καθίζοντασ ἐπὶ τῶν κεφαλῶν φασὶ δὲ καὶ τοὺσ ἀγομένουσ θήλεισ πέρδικασ ἐπὶ θήραν, ὁπόταν ἴδωσιν ἢ ὄσφρωνται τῶν ἀρρένων κατ’ ἄνεμον στάντων ἢ περιπετομένων, ἐγκύουσ γίγνεσθαι, τινὲσ δὲ καὶ παραυτίκα τίκτειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 41 6:1)
  • "χοἰ πέρδικεσ, ἔτι δὲ οἱ ἀλεκτρυόνεσ καὶ οἱ ὄρτυγεσ προϊένται τὴν γονὴν οὐ μόνον ἰδόντεσ τὰσ θηλείασ, ἀλλὰ κἂν ἀκούσωσιν αὐτῶν τὴν φωνήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 41 7:1)
  • ὄρτυγεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 471)
  • "οἱ ὄρτυγεσ περὶ τὸν τῆσ ὀχείασ καιρόν, ἐὰν κάτοπτρον ἐξ ἐναντίασ τισ αὐτῶν καὶ πρὸ τούτου βρόχον θῇ, τρέχοντεσ πρὸσ τὸν ἐμφαινόμενον ἐν τῷ κατόπτρῳ ἐμπίπτουσιν εἰσ τὸν βρόχον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 47 2:2)
  • "ὄρτυγεσ οἰκογενεῖσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 47 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. quail

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