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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὄρτυξ ό̓ρτυγε ό̓ρτυγες
Genitive ό̓ρτυγος ὀρτύγοιν ὀρτύγων
Dative ό̓ρτυγι ὀρτύγοιν ό̓ρτυξιν*
Accusative ό̓ρτυγα ό̓ρτυγε ό̓ρτυγας
Vocative ό̓ρτυξ ό̓ρτυγε ό̓ρτυγες

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

  • καὶ γὰρ ᾔκειν ὄρτυγι ὑπὸ στυφοκόπου τὴν κεφαλὴν πεπληγμένῳ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 116)
  • τῶν δὲ Κοίου θυγατέρων Ἀστερία μὲν ὁμοιωθεῖσα ὄρτυγι ἑαυτὴν εἰσ θάλασσαν ἔρριψε, φεύγουσα τὴν πρὸσ Δία συνουσίαν· (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 4 1:1)
  • καὶ τῇ μὲν αἰγὶ τὸν θαλλὸν εἶναι ἐδώδιμον, ἀνθρώπῳ δὲ πικρόν, καὶ τὸ κώνειον ὄρτυγι μὲν τρόφιμον, ἀνθρώπῳ δὲ θανάσιμον, καὶ ὁ ἀπόπατοσ ὑῒ μὲν ἐδώδιμοσ, ἵππῳ δ’ οὔ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 20:4)

Synonyms

  1. quail

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