ὀρόσπιζος

ὀρόσπιζος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄρος (óros, “mountain”) +‎ σπίζα (spíza, “chaffinch”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.rós.pi.zos/ → /oˈros.pi.zos/ → /oˈros.pi.zos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.rós.pi.zos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /oˈros.pi.zos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oˈros.pi.zos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /oˈros.pi.zos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /oˈros.pi.zos/

Noun

ὀρόσπῐζος • (oróspizos) m (genitive ὀροσπῐ́ζου); second declension

1. bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ὀρόσπῐζος; τοῦ ὀροσπῐ́ζου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀρόσπῐζος ho oróspizos	τὼ ὀροσπῐ́ζω tṑ orospízō	οἱ ὀρόσπῐζοι hoi oróspizoi
Genitive	τοῦ ὀροσπῐ́ζου toû orospízou	τοῖν ὀροσπῐ́ζοιν toîn orospízoin	τῶν ὀροσπῐ́ζων tôn orospízōn
Dative	τῷ ὀροσπῐ́ζῳ tôi orospízōi	τοῖν ὀροσπῐ́ζοιν toîn orospízoin	τοῖς ὀροσπῐ́ζοις toîs orospízois
Accusative	τὸν ὀρόσπῐζον tòn oróspizon	τὼ ὀροσπῐ́ζω tṑ orospízō	τοὺς ὀροσπῐ́ζους toùs orospízous
Vocative	ὀρόσπῐζε oróspize	ὀροσπῐ́ζω orospízō	ὀρόσπῐζοι oróspizoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ὀρόσπιζος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀρόσπιζος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette