σκολόπαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin. The resemblance with σκόλοψ (skólops, “pole”) might be due to folk-etymological adaptation.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sko.ló.paks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.paks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.paks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.paks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /skoˈlo.paks/

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Noun

σκολόπαξ • (skolópax) m (genitive σκολόπακος); third declension

woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ σκολόπαξ; τοῦ σκολόπακος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σκολόπαξ ho skolópax	τὼ σκολόπακε tṑ skolópake	οἱ σκολόπακες hoi skolópakes
Genitive	τοῦ σκολόπακος toû skolópakos	τοῖν σκολοπάκοιν toîn skolopákoin	τῶν σκολοπάκων tôn skolopákōn
Dative	τῷ σκολόπακῐ tôi skolópaki	τοῖν σκολοπάκοιν toîn skolopákoin	τοῖς σκολόπαξῐ / σκολόπαξῐν toîs skolópaxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν σκολόπακᾰ tòn skolópaka	τὼ σκολόπακε tṑ skolópake	τοὺς σκολόπακᾰς toùs skolópakas
Vocative	σκολόπαξ skolópax	σκολόπακε skolópake	σκολόπακες skolópakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

ἀσκαλώπας (askalṓpas)

Descendants

Latin: scolopax
Translingual: Scolopax

References

σκολόπαξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σκολόπαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill