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ὄρυξ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὄρυξ ὄρυγος

Structure: ὀρυγ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: o)ru/ssw

Sense

  1. A pickaxe or other sharp iron digging tool
  2. An oryx

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὄρυξ ό̓ρυγε ό̓ρυγες
Genitive ό̓ρυγος ὀρύγοιν ὀρύγων
Dative ό̓ρυγι ὀρύγοιν ό̓ρυξιν*
Accusative ό̓ρυγα ό̓ρυγε ό̓ρυγας
Vocative ό̓ρυξ ό̓ρυγε ό̓ρυγες

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

  • ἔλαφον καὶ δορκάδα καὶ πύγαργον, ὄρυγα καὶ καμηλοπάρδαλιν. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 14:5)
  • ῥεῖ δὲ πρῶτον μὲν παρὰ Λευκάσιον χωρίον καὶ Μεσόβοα καὶ διὰ τῶν Νάσων ἐπί τε Ὄρυγα τὸν καὶ Ἁλοῦντα ὀνομαζόμενον, ἐξ Ἁλοῦντοσ δὲ ἐπὶ Θαλιάδασ τε καὶ ἐπὶ Δήμητροσ ἱερὸν κάτεισιν Ἐλευσινίασ. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 25 3:4)

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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