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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

  • τὸν χαρακτῆρα, διὰ τοῦ γ, ὄρτυγοσ, ὄρυγοσ, κόκκυγοσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 47 1:1)
  • Λίβυεσ δ’ Αἰγυπτίων καταγελῶσι μυθολογούντων περὶ τοῦ ὄρυγοσ, ὡσ φωνὴν ἀφιέντοσ ἡμέρασ ἐκείνησ καὶ ὡρ́ασ ἧσ ἐπιτέλλει τὸ ἄστρον, ὃ Σῶθιν αὐτοὶ Κύνα δὲ καὶ Σείριον ἡμεῖσ καλοῦμεν· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 21 4:1)

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