ὕραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Judging by the -αξ ending, Pre-Greek. Latin sorex is probably from the same source (with a structure *sVr-Vk-).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hý.raks/ → /ˈy.raks/ → /ˈi.raks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hý.raks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)y.raks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.raks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈy.raks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈi.raks/

Noun

ῠ̔́ρᾰξ • (húrax) m (genitive ῠ̔́ρᾰκος); third declension

1. shrewmouse (mammal of the family Soricidae)

   Synonym: μῡγᾰλέη (mūgaléē)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ῠ̔́ρᾰξ; τοῦ ῠ̔́ρᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῠ̔́ρᾰξ ho húrax	τὼ ῠ̔́ρᾰκε tṑ húrake	οἱ ῠ̔́ρᾰκες hoi húrakes
Genitive	τοῦ ῠ̔́ρᾰκος toû húrakos	τοῖν ῠ̔ρᾰ́κοιν toîn hurákoin	τῶν ῠ̔ρᾰ́κων tôn hurákōn
Dative	τῷ ῠ̔́ρᾰκῐ tôi húraki	τοῖν ῠ̔ρᾰ́κοιν toîn hurákoin	τοῖς ῠ̔́ρᾰξῐ / ῠ̔́ρᾰξῐν toîs húraxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ῠ̔́ρᾰκᾰ tòn húraka	τὼ ῠ̔́ρᾰκε tṑ húrake	τοὺς ῠ̔́ρᾰκᾰς toùs húrakas
Vocative	ῠ̔́ρᾰξ húrax	ῠ̔́ρᾰκε húrake	ῠ̔́ρᾰκες húrakes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ύρακας (ýrakas)
• → Translingual: Hyrax

References

• “ὕραξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὕραξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press