γλαῦξ
See also: γλαύξ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γλαύξ (glaúx)
Etymology
From γλαυκός (glaukós, “bright”) in reference to their gleaming eyes.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡlâu̯ks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡlaʍks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣlaɸks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣlafks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣlafks/
Noun
γλαῦξ • (glaûx) f (genitive γλαυκός); third declension
- owl (Athene noctua)
- Synonym: κριγή (krigḗ)
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ γλαῦξ hē glaûx |
τὼ γλαῦκε tṑ glaûke |
αἱ γλαῦκες hai glaûkes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς γλαυκός tês glaukós |
τοῖν γλαυκοῖν toîn glaukoîn |
τῶν γλαυκῶν tôn glaukôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ γλαυκῐ́ têi glaukí |
τοῖν γλαυκοῖν toîn glaukoîn |
ταῖς γλαυξῐ́ / γλαυξῐ́ν taîs glauxí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν γλαῦκᾰ tḕn glaûka |
τὼ γλαῦκε tṑ glaûke |
τᾱ̀ς γλαῦκᾰς tā̀s glaûkas | ||||||||||
Vocative | γλαῦξ glaûx |
γλαῦκε glaûke |
γλαῦκες glaûkes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γλαῦκ’ Ἀθήναζε ἡγείσθαι (glaûk’ Athḗnaze hēgeísthai)
- γλαῦκ’ εἰς Ἀθήνας (glaûk’ eis Athḗnas)
- γλαῦξ ἐν πόλει (glaûx en pólei)
Descendants
- Greek: γλαύκα (gláfka).
Further reading
- γλαῦξ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- γλαῦξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γλαῦξ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- owl idem, page 587.
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