ὀξύρρυγχος
See also: Ὀξύρρυγχος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ὀξῠ́ρῠγχος (oxúrunkhos)
Etymology
From ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos, “beak, snout”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ok.sýr̥.r̥yŋ.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /okˈsyr.ryŋ.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /okˈsyr.ryŋ.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /okˈsyr.ryŋ.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /okˈsi.riŋ.xos/
Adjective
ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος • (oxúrrhunkhos) m or f (neuter ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχον); second declension
- sharp-snouted
- sharp-pointed
Declension
Second declension of ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος; ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος oxúrrhunkhos | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχον oxúrrhunkhon | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχω oxurrhúnkhō | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχω oxurrhúnkhō | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχοι oxúrrhunkhoi | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχᾰ oxúrrhunkha | ||||||||
Genitive | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχου oxurrhúnkhou | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχου oxurrhúnkhou | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχοιν oxurrhúnkhoin | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχοιν oxurrhúnkhoin | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχων oxurrhúnkhōn | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχων oxurrhúnkhōn | ||||||||
Dative | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχῳ oxurrhúnkhōi | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχῳ oxurrhúnkhōi | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχοιν oxurrhúnkhoin | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχοιν oxurrhúnkhoin | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχοις oxurrhúnkhois | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχοις oxurrhúnkhois | ||||||||
Accusative | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχον oxúrrhunkhon | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχον oxúrrhunkhon | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχω oxurrhúnkhō | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχω oxurrhúnkhō | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχους oxurrhúnkhous | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχᾰ oxúrrhunkha | ||||||||
Vocative | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχε oxúrrhunkhe | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχον oxúrrhunkhon | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχω oxurrhúnkhō | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχω oxurrhúnkhō | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχοι oxúrrhunkhoi | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχᾰ oxúrrhunkha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ὀξῠρρῠ́γχως oxurrhúnkhōs | ὀξῠρρῠγχότερος oxurrhunkhóteros | ὀξῠρρῠγχότᾰτος oxurrhunkhótatos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος • (oxúrrhunkhos) m (genitive ὀξῠρρῠ́γχου); second declension
- elephantfish (Mormyrus niloticus)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος; τοῦ ὀξῠρρῠ́γχου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος ho oxúrrhunkhos | τὼ ὀξῠρρῠ́γχω tṑ oxurrhúnkhō | οἱ ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχοι hoi oxúrrhunkhoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὀξῠρρῠ́γχου toû oxurrhúnkhou | τοῖν ὀξῠρρῠ́γχοιν toîn oxurrhúnkhoin | τῶν ὀξῠρρῠ́γχων tôn oxurrhúnkhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὀξῠρρῠ́γχῳ tôi oxurrhúnkhōi | τοῖν ὀξῠρρῠ́γχοιν toîn oxurrhúnkhoin | τοῖς ὀξῠρρῠ́γχοις toîs oxurrhúnkhois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχον tòn oxúrrhunkhon | τὼ ὀξῠρρῠ́γχω tṑ oxurrhúnkhō | τοὺς ὀξῠρρῠ́γχους toùs oxurrhúnkhous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχε oxúrrhunkhe | ὀξῠρρῠ́γχω oxurrhúnkhō | ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχοι oxúrrhunkhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ὀξῠρρῠγχῑτῐκόν (oxurrhunkhītikón)
- Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος (Oxúrrhunkhos)
Further reading
- “ὀξύρρυγχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀξύρρυγχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette