νυκτικόραξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νύξ (núx, “night”) +‎ κόραξ (kórax, “crow”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

νυκτῐκόραξ • (nuktikórax) m (genitive νυκτῐκόρᾰκος); third declension

  1. long-eared owl (Asio otus)
    Synonym: ὦτος (ôtos)

Declension
Third declension of ὁ νυκτῐκόρᾰξ; τοῦ νυκτῐκόρᾰκος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ νυκτῐκόρᾰξ
ho nuktikórax		 τὼ νυκτῐκόρᾰκε
tṑ nuktikórake		 οἱ νυκτῐκόρᾰκες
hoi nuktikórakes
Genitive τοῦ νυκτῐκόρᾰκος
toû nuktikórakos		 τοῖν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κοιν
toîn nuktikorákoin		 τῶν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κων
tôn nuktikorákōn
Dative τῷ νυκτῐκόρᾰκῐ
tôi nuktikóraki		 τοῖν νυκτῐκορᾰ́κοιν
toîn nuktikorákoin		 τοῖς νυκτῐκόρᾰξῐ / νυκτῐκόρᾰξῐν
toîs nuktikóraxi(n)
Accusative τὸν νυκτῐκόρᾰκᾰ
tòn nuktikóraka		 τὼ νυκτῐκόρᾰκε
tṑ nuktikórake		 τοὺς νυκτῐκόρᾰκᾰς
toùs nuktikórakas
Vocative νυκτῐκόρᾰξ
nuktikórax		 νυκτῐκόρᾰκε
nuktikórake		 νυκτῐκόρᾰκες
nuktikórakes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Italian: nitticora
  • → Translingual: Nycticorax

Further reading
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