στρίξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• στλίξ (stlíx)
• στρίγξ (strínx)

Etymology

The formation is similar to γλαῦξ (glaûx) and λύγξ (lúnx). The Greek word is often assumed to be influenced by or derived from τρίζω (trízō, “to squeak”), but its facultative nasal may point to a origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /stríks/ → /striks/ → /striks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /stríks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /striks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /striks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /striks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /striks/

Noun

στρίξ • (stríx) f (genitive στριγός); third declension

1. owl

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ στρίξ; τῆς στριγός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ στρίξ hē stríx	τὼ στρίγε tṑ stríge	αἱ στρίγες hai stríges
Genitive	τῆς στριγός tês strigós	τοῖν στριγοῖν toîn strigoîn	τῶν στριγῶν tôn strigôn
Dative	τῇ στριγῐ́ têi strigí	τοῖν στριγοῖν toîn strigoîn	ταῖς στριξῐ́ / στριξῐ́ν taîs strixí(n)
Accusative	τὴν στρῖγᾰ tḕn strîga	τὼ στρίγε tṑ stríge	τᾱ̀ς στρίγᾰς tā̀s strígas
Vocative	στρίξ stríx	στρίγε stríge	στρίγες stríges
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: strix
• Translingual: Strix

Further reading

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