ὄρπηξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
The formation is like σκώληξ (skṓlēx), κάχληξ (kákhlēx) and νάρθηξ (nárthēx). The comparison with Lithuanian várpa (“ear of corn”) is not very illuminating. A derivation from the root of Latin sarpō (“to trim”), Latin sarmentum (“osiers”) and ἅρπη (hárpē, “sickle”) is unlikely too, as an o-grade of this root is not attested elsewhere. According to Beekes, it is rather a Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "pregrc" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF. word.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ór.pɛːks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈor.pe̝ks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈor.piks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈor.piks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈor.piks/
Noun
ὄρπηξ • (órpēx) m (genitive ὄρπηκος); third declension
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ὄρπηξ ho órpēx |
τὼ ὄρπηκε tṑ órpēke |
οἱ ὄρπηκες hoi órpēkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὄρπηκος toû órpēkos |
τοῖν ὀρπήκοιν toîn orpḗkoin |
τῶν ὀρπήκων tôn orpḗkōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὄρπηκῐ tôi órpēki |
τοῖν ὀρπήκοιν toîn orpḗkoin |
τοῖς ὄρπηξῐ / ὄρπηξῐν toîs órpēxi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ὄρπηκᾰ tòn órpēka |
τὼ ὄρπηκε tṑ órpēke |
τοὺς ὄρπηκᾰς toùs órpēkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὄρπηξ órpēx |
ὄρπηκε órpēke |
ὄρπηκες órpēkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- εὐόρπηξ (euórpēx)
References
- “ὄρπηξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὄρπηξ 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