ὕστριξ
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hýs.triks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)ys.triks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈys.triks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈys.triks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈis.triks/
Noun
ῠ̔́στρῐξ • (hústrix) m or f (genitive ῠ̔́στρῐχος); third declension
- The porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
- Something obtained from pigs, probably bristles
- An instrument of punishment, probably cat-o'-nine-tails
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ῠ̔́στρῐξ ho hústrix |
τὼ ῠ̔́στρῐχε tṑ hústrikhe |
οἱ ῠ̔́στρῐχες hoi hústrikhes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ῠ̔́στρῐχος toû hústrikhos |
τοῖν ῠ̔στρῐ́χοιν toîn hustríkhoin |
τῶν ῠ̔στρῐ́χων tôn hustríkhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ῠ̔́στρῐχῐ tôi hústrikhi |
τοῖν ῠ̔στρῐ́χοιν toîn hustríkhoin |
τοῖς ῠ̔́στρῐξῐ / ῠ̔́στρῐξῐν toîs hústrixi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ῠ̔́στρῐχᾰ tòn hústrikha |
τὼ ῠ̔́στρῐχε tṑ hústrikhe |
τοὺς ῠ̔́στρῐχᾰς toùs hústrikhas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ῠ̔́στρῐξ hústrix |
ῠ̔́στρῐχε hústrikhe |
ῠ̔́στρῐχες hústrikhes | ||||||||||
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References
- ὕστριξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὕστριξ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- porcupine idem, page 627.
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