οὐροπύγιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ὀρροπύγιον (orrhopúgion)
Etymology
From ὄρρος (órrhos, “rump, tail”) + πυγή (pugḗ, “buttocks”) + -ιον (-ion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /uː.ro.py̌ː.ɡi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /u.roˈpy.ɡi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /u.roˈpy.ʝi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /u.roˈpy.ʝi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /u.roˈpi.ʝi.on/
Noun
οὐροπῡ́γῐον • (ouropū́gion) n (genitive οὐροπῡγῐ́ου); second declension
- The rump and tail feathers of a bird.
- The tail and/or rump of any animal.
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον; τοῦ οὐροπῡγῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον tò ouropū́gion | τὼ οὐροπῡγῐ́ω tṑ ouropūgíō | τᾰ̀ οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ tà ouropū́gia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ οὐροπῡγῐ́ου toû ouropūgíou | τοῖν οὐροπῡγῐ́οιν toîn ouropūgíoin | τῶν οὐροπῡγῐ́ων tôn ouropūgíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ οὐροπῡγῐ́ῳ tôi ouropūgíōi | τοῖν οὐροπῡγῐ́οιν toîn ouropūgíoin | τοῖς οὐροπῡγῐ́οις toîs ouropūgíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ οὐροπῡ́γῐον tò ouropū́gion | τὼ οὐροπῡγῐ́ω tṑ ouropūgíō | τᾰ̀ οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ tà ouropū́gia | ||||||||||
Vocative | οὐροπῡ́γῐον ouropū́gion | οὐροπῡγῐ́ω ouropūgíō | οὐροπῡ́γῐᾰ ouropū́gia | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “οὐροπύγιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- οὐροπύγιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette