τρωξαλλίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Due to the ending -αλλ- (which he proposes to derive from a palatalized alveolar lateral approximant), Beekes concludes that this term is Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /trɔːk.sal.lís/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /trok.salˈlis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /trok.salˈlis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /trok.salˈlis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /trok.saˈlis/

Noun

τρωξαλλίς • (trōxallís) f (genitive τρωξαλλίδος); third declension

locust, grasshopper

Declension

Third declension of ἡ τρωξαλλῐ́ς; τῆς τρωξαλλῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ τρωξαλλῐ́ς hē trōxallís	τὼ τρωξαλλῐ́δε tṑ trōxallíde	αἱ τρωξαλλῐ́δες hai trōxallídes
Genitive	τῆς τρωξαλλῐ́δος tês trōxallídos	τοῖν τρωξαλλῐ́δοιν toîn trōxallídoin	τῶν τρωξαλλῐ́δων tôn trōxallídōn
Dative	τῇ τρωξαλλῐ́δῐ têi trōxallídi	τοῖν τρωξαλλῐ́δοιν toîn trōxallídoin	ταῖς τρωξαλλῐ́σῐ / τρωξαλλῐ́σῐν taîs trōxallísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν τρωξαλλῐ́δᾰ tḕn trōxallída	τὼ τρωξαλλῐ́δε tṑ trōxallíde	τᾱ̀ς τρωξαλλῐ́δᾰς tā̀s trōxallídas
Vocative	τρωξαλλῐ́ς trōxallís	τρωξαλλῐ́δε trōxallíde	τρωξαλλῐ́δες trōxallídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Synonyms

ἀκρίς (akrís)

References

Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “τρωξαλλίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1515

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “τρωξαλλίς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1515