λώβηξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée compares the word with λούπης (loúpēs, “kite”), suggesting a Pre-Greek root in view of the interchange β/π.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɔ̌ː.bɛːks/ → /ˈlo.βiks/ → /ˈlo.viks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɔ̌ː.bɛːks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.be̝ks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.βiks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.viks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.viks/

Noun

λώβηξ • (lṓbēx) m (genitive λώβηκος); third declension

1. vulture

   Synonyms: αἰγυπιός (aigupiós), γύψ (gúps), τόργος (tórgos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ λώβηξ; τοῦ λώβηκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λώβηξ ho lṓbēx	τὼ λώβηκε tṑ lṓbēke	οἱ λώβηκες hoi lṓbēkes
Genitive	τοῦ λώβηκος toû lṓbēkos	τοῖν λωβήκοιν toîn lōbḗkoin	τῶν λωβήκων tôn lōbḗkōn
Dative	τῷ λώβηκῐ tôi lṓbēki	τοῖν λωβήκοιν toîn lōbḗkoin	τοῖς λώβηξῐ / λώβηξῐν toîs lṓbēxi(n)
Accusative	τὸν λώβηκᾰ tòn lṓbēka	τὼ λώβηκε tṑ lṓbēke	τοὺς λώβηκᾰς toùs lṓbēkas
Vocative	λώβηξ lṓbēx	λώβηκε lṓbēke	λώβηκες lṓbēkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN